Estimates of Energy Budgets for a Typha (Cattail) Marsh
Abstract
Yearly utilization of total solar radiation by a Typha marsh shows approximately equal allotment to reflection (albedo), evapotranspiration, and conduction-convection. Reflection during the growing season is proportionally lower because of greater light absorption by the vegetation. Photosynthesis is a negligible quantity, although in relation to visible radiation during the growing season it nearly equals reflection.
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Volume 136 | Issue 3522
29 June 1962
29 June 1962
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1962 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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