Session: Surface Energy Balance and Climate Studies (This session is being held in honor of Dr. Wolfgang Baier, Ottawa, Canada) (17th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 27th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, and the 17th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology)

Monday, 22 May 2006: 9:15 AM-3:15 PM

Rousseau Suite (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 27th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Cochairs:

David L. Spittlehouse, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Research Branch, Victoria, BC and William J. Massman, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO

Papers:

9:15 AM

1.1

Association of Indian monsoon rainfall and its relationship with El-Nino/Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) over India during 1940-2000

C. V. Singh, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

1.2

Variability of air temperature over topographical complex territory at microscale

9:45 AM

1.3

The Oklahoma Mesonet: decision-support products for agriculture and natural resources using a mesoscale automated weather station network

J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; and A. J. Sutherland

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (791.3 kB)

10:00 AM

1.4

The utilizing of radio telemetry system in forest meteorology

Grzegorz, Benedykt Durlo, Agricultural Univ. in Cracow, Cracow, Poland

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (652.8 kB)

10:15 AM

1.5

Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) Application for the Occurrence Date Prediction of Each Phenological Stage in Wheat Using Climatic Data

Babak Safa, Sepahan Kara Company, Isfahan, Iran; and A. Liaghat

Presentation PDF (232.9 kB)

10:30 AM

1.6

Surface energy components, CO2 flux and canopy resistance from a rice paddy in Taiwan

Jeng-Lin Tsai, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; and B. J. Tsuang, P. S. Lu, M. H. Yao, and H. Y. Hsieh

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (360.5 kB)

10:45 AM

1.7

Seasonal Variation of Turbulence Characteristics in and above a Mixed Hardwood Forest Observed at the UMBS AmeriFlux Site

Hong-Bing Su, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and H. P. Schmid, C. S. Vogel, and P. S. Curtis

11:00 AM

1.8

Paper 1.8 Moved. New Paper Number is P1.6

11:01 AM

1.9

The simulation of water vapor and carbon dioxide fluxes over irrigated farmland by modified soil-plant-atmosphere model (mSPA)

Young-Hee Lee, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. Kim and J. Hong

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (85.5 kB)

11:16 AM

1.10

Relations between environmental conditions and the ability to close the energy balance

Lawrence E. Hipps, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and J. H. Prueger, W. E. Eichinger, and W. P. Kustas

Presentation PDF (62.0 kB)

11:31 AM

1.11

Attempt to close the energy balance for the LITFASS-2003 experiment

Thomas Foken, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany; and M. Mauder, C. Liebethal, F. Wimmer, F. Beyrich, S. Raasch, H. A. R. De Bruin, W. M. L. Meijninger, and J. Bange

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (730.4 kB)

11:46 AM

1.12

Summerfallow trends and climate in the Canadian Prairies

Samuel Gameda, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and B. Qian, C. A. Campbell, and R. Desjardins

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (125.7 kB)

12:01 PM

1.13

Short-term forecasting of reference evapotranspiration using limited area models and time series techniques

Bachisio Arca, Institute of Biometeorology, Sassari, Italy; and D. Spano, R. L. Snyder, M. Fiori, and P. Duce