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Resource Name Sensitivity of modelled evapotranspiration to canopy characteristics within the Western Boreal Plain, Alberta
Unique File Number 309
Information Type applied research
Surface Water A
Aquatic Ecosystem
Groundwater
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Strengths provides estimates of ET for different cover types (peatland, mixedwood, aspen regeneration)
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Information Subtype boreal hydrology
Organization University of Alberta
Resource Name Chasmer, L et al. 2012. Sensitivity of modelled evapotranspiration to canopy characteristics within the Western Boreal Plain, Alberta. IAHS Publication 352.
Resource Purpose t In recent years, the Western Boreal Plain (WBP) of northern Alberta has undergone intense anthropogenic disturbance via oil and gas extraction, and silvicultural activities. The extent to which changes in land cover types/characteristics affect estimates of evapotranspiration (ET) is currently unknown. This study examines the sensitivity of ET (Penman-Monteith variant) to variability in canopy structural and ground surface characteristics at eight sites and three land cover types (mature upland mixedwood, regenerating upland mixedwood, and peatland) during the growing season in 2008.
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Program Status complete
NE Coverage boreal Plains
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Groundwater y
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SW Quantity y
Link http://scholar.ulethbridge.ca/hopkinson/files/chasmer_etal_iahs2010_final_226.pdf
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