| Resource Name |
Dynamics of evapotranspiration from a riparian pond complex in the Western Boreal Forest, Alberta, Canada |
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397 |
| Information Type |
applied Research |
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| Strengths |
evaporation estimates of evaporation from a pond and adjacent wetlands |
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| Information Subtype |
boreal hydrology |
| Organization |
University of Alberta |
| Resource Name |
Petrone, RM et al. 2007. Dynamics of evapotranspiration from a riparian pond complex in the Western Boreal Forest, Alberta, Canada. Hydrological Processes 21: 1391-1401 |
| Resource Purpose |
The relative contributions to total actual evapotranspiration (AET) from pond and riparian areas in a pond-wetland complex in the Western Boreal Plain (WBP) of northern Alberta are measured using the Bowen ratio energy balance technique. Measurements show that a pond typical of the WBP evaporates at a rate more than twice that of the adjacent riparian peatland. Relating the actual to potential evapotranspiration over both surfaces yields Priestley–Taylor α coefficients of 0·69 and 1·11 for the peatland and pond respectively. Further results demonstrate that the sheltering and turbulent influences of the adjacent forested areas must be considered in the processes governing the permanence of WBP ponds. That is, forestry practices may inadvertently enhance the evaporative losses from the ponds, over and above the controls exerted by the regional climate |
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article |
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complete |
| NE Coverage |
boreal plains |
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| SW Quantity |
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| Link |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.6298/abstract |
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