1. Measuring and modelling energy partitioning in canopies of varying complexity using MAESPA model
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Yann Nouvellon, Jean-Paul Laclau, Elias de Melo Virginio Filho, Céline Blitz-Frayret, Fabien Charbonnier, Olivier Roupsard, José Luiz Stape, Denis Loustau, Belinda E. Medlyn, Carlos Borgonovo, Rémi Vezy, Alain Rocheteau, Maxime Soma, Mathias Christina, Jean-Marc Bonnefond, Guerric Le Maire, Frederic C. Do, Remko A. Duursma, Delphine Picart, Bruno Rapidel, Interactions Sol Plante Atmosphère (UMR ISPA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques de Bordeaux-Aquitaine (Bordeaux Sciences Agro), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Enseñanza (CATIE), Ecologie fonctionnelle et biogéochimie des sols et des agro-écosystèmes (UMR Eco&Sols), Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo [Ouagadougou] (UJZK), Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Ecologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes (URFM), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología [Mexico] (CONACYT), Suzano S/A, Fonctionnement et conduite des systèmes de culture tropicaux et méditerranéens (UMR SYSTEM), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM), Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Cafetalera Aquiares, MACACC project ANR-13-AGRO-0005, ANR-10-LABX-0004, ANR-13-AGRO-0005,MACACC,Modélisation pour l'accompagnement des ACteurs, vers l'Adaptation des Couverts pérennes ou agroforestiers aux Changements globaux(2013), and ANR-10-LABX-0004,CeMEB,Mediterranean Center for Environment and Biodiversity(2010)
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0106 biological sciences ,Atmospheric Science ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture ,Evaporation ,Coffea ,Agroforesterie ,Atmospheric sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Agroforestry system ,partitioning ,Evapotranspiration ,Radiative transfer ,process ,Eucalyptus ,Global and Planetary Change ,Energy ,agroforestry system ,Forestry ,Plantation forestière ,Process-based model ,Écosystème forestier ,Modèle mathématique ,Partitioning ,energy ,Scale (ratio) ,F60 - Physiologie et biochimie végétale ,evapotranspiration ,MAESPA ,Forest ecology ,Ecosystem ,Saisonnalité ,Croissance ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Modèle de simulation ,15. Life on land ,Évapotranspiration ,[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society ,13. Climate action ,Énergie ,Environmental science ,based model ,U30 - Méthodes de recherche ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Surface water ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
International audience; Evapotranspiration and energy partitioning are complex to estimate because they result from the interaction of many different processes, especially in multi-species and multi-strata ecosystems. We used MAESPA model, a mechanistic, 3D model of coupled radiative transfer, photosynthesis, and balances of energy and water, to simulate the partitioning of energy and evapotranspiration in homogeneous tree plantations, as well as in heterogeneous multi-species, multi-strata agroforests with diverse spatial scales and management schemes. The MAESPA model was modified to add (1) calculation of foliage surface water evaporation at the voxel scale; (2) computation of an average within-canopy air temperature and vapour pressure; and (3) use of (1) and (2) in iterative calculations of soil and leaf temperatures to close ecosystem-level energy balances. We tested MAESPA model simulations on a simple monospecific Eucalyptus stand in Brazil, and also in two complex, heterogeneous Coffea agroforests in Costa Rica. MAESPA satisfactorily simulated the daily and seasonal dynamics of net radiation (RMSE = 29.6 and 28.4 W m−2; R2 = 0.99 and 0.99 for Eucalyptus and Coffea sites respectively) and its partitioning between latent-(RMSE = 68.1 and 37.2 W m−2; R2 = 0.87 and 0.85) and sensible-energy (RMSE = 54.6 and 45.8 W m−2; R2 = 0.57 and 0.88) over a one-year simulation at half-hourly time-step. After validation, we use the modified MAESPA to calculate partitioning of evapotranspiration and energy between plants and soil in the above-mentioned agro-ecosystems. In the Eucalyptus plantation, 95% of the outgoing energy was emitted as latent-heat, while the Coffea agroforestry system’s partitioning between sensible and latent-heat fluxes was roughly equal. We conclude that MAESPA process-based model has an appropriate balance of detail, accuracy, and computational speed to be applicable to simple or complex forest ecosystems and at different scales for energy and evapotranspiration partitioning.
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- 2018