A proposed surface resistance model for the Penman-Monteith formula to estimate evapotranspiration in a solar greenhouse

Greenhousing is a technique to bridge season gap in vegetable production and has been widely used worldwide. Calculation of water requirement of crops grown in greenhouse and determination of their irrigation schedules in arid and semi-arid regions are essential for greenhouse maintenance and have thus attracted increased attention over the past decades. The most common method used in the literature to estimate crop evapotranspiration（ET） is the Penman-Monteith（PM） formula. When applied to greenhouse, however, it often uses canopy resistance instead of surface resistance. It is understood that the surface resistance in greenhouse is the result of a combined effect of canopy restriction and soil-surface restriction to water vapor flow, and the relative dominance of one restriction over another depends on crop canopy. In this paper, we developed a surface resistance model in a way similar to two parallel resistances in an electrical circuit to account for both restrictions. Also, considering that wind speed in greenhouse is normally rather small, we compared three methods available in the literature to calculate the aerodynamic resistance, which are the r_a^1 method proposed by Perrier（1975a, b）, the r_a^2 method proposed by Thom and Oliver（1977）, and the r_a^3 method proposed by Zhang and Lemeu（1992）. We validated the model against ET of tomatoes in a greenhouse measured from sap flow system combined with micro-lysimeter in 2015 and with weighing lysimeter in 2016. The results showed that the proposed surface resistance model improved the accuracy of the PM model, especially when the leaf area index was low and the greenhouse was being irrigated. We also found that the aerodynamic resistance calculated from the r_a^1 and r_a^3 methods is applicable to the greenhouse although the latter is slightly more accurate than the former. The proposed surface resistance model, together with the r_a^3 method for aerodynamic resistance, offers an improved approach to estimate ET in greenhouse using the PM formula.

Flow dynamics and sediment transport in vegetated rivers:A review

The significance of riparian vegetation on river flow and material transport is not in dispute.Conveyance laws,sediment erosion and deposition,and element cycling must all be adjusted from their canonical rough-wall boundary layer to accommodate the presence of aquatic plants.In turn,the growth and colonization of riparian vegetation are affected by fluvial processes and river morphology on longer time scales.These interactions and feedbacks at multiple time scales are now drawing significant attention within the research community given their relevance to river restoration.For this reason,a review summarizing methods,general laws,qualitative cognition,and quantitative models regarding the interplay between aquatic plants,flow dynamics,and sediment transport in vegetated rivers is in order.Shortcomings,pitfalls,knowledge gaps,and daunting challenges to the current state of knowledge are also covered.As a multidisciplinary research topic,a future research agenda and opportunities pertinent to river management and enhancement of ecosystem services are also highlighted.

NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF TURBULENT FLOW IN AND ABOVE PLANT CANOPIES

The turbulent flow in and above plant canopies is of fundamental importance to the understanding of transport processes of momentum,heat and mass between plant canopies and atmosphere,and to microme- teorology.The Reynolds stress equation model(RSM)has been applied to calculate the turbulence in cano- pies in this paper.The calculated mean wind velocity profiles,Reynolds stress,turbulent kinetic energy and viscous dissipation rate in a corn canopy and a spruce forest are compared with field observed data and with Wilson's and Shaw's model.The velocity profiles and Rynolds stress calculated by both models are in good agreement,and the length scale of turbulence appears to be similar.