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Preliminary measurements of net radiation and evaporation over bare soil and fallow bushland in the Sahel

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.3370100207
 
Title Preliminary measurements of net radiation and evaporation over bare soil and fallow bushland in the Sahel
 
Creator Wallace, J S
Gash, J H C
Sivakumar, M V K
 
Subject Soil Science
 
Description Net radiation and evaporation are compared over two contrasting land surfaces, fallow bushland and bare soil, in Niger, West Africa. Data are presented for 6 days, before and after a large rainstorm (39 mm), which illustrate how evaporation from the bush vegetation changed little in comparison with the larger change in evaporation observed over the bare soil. Net radiation over the bush vegetation was 20 per cent greater than that over the dry bare soil, but only 12 per cent greater than that over wet bare soil. These differences are consistent with the expected difference in albedo and surface temperature of the two surfaces
 
Publisher Royal Meteorological Society
 
Date 1990
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/7139/1/International%20Journal%20of%20Climatology_10_2_203-210_1990.pdf
Wallace, J S and Gash, J H C and Sivakumar, M V K (1990) Preliminary measurements of net radiation and evaporation over bare soil and fallow bushland in the Sahel. International Journal of Climatology, 10 (2). pp. 203-210. ISSN 1097-0088