Abstract

Energy exchange above tropical rain forest was studied using micro-meteorological monitoring from a 52 m tower established in the Pasoh Forest Reserve (Pasoh FR) in Peninsular Malaysia. The meteorological conditions were comparatively drier during the first half of the year and wetter toward the end of the year due to the seasonal variation of rainfall. The five-year observational period from 1995 to 1999 included a low rainfall duration due to the El Nino from 1997 to 1998. The latent heat flux estimated by the Bowen ratio method occupied a dominant portion of the energy exchange even in the driest condition in early 1998. Although evapotranspiration from the dry canopy tended to be smaller in this period than in a wet period during the end of 1998, the surface conductance estimated using the Penman Monteith Equation was consistently controlled by the same function of solar radiation and specific humidity deficit. This suggests the evaporation did not suffer from severe stress of soil water even in the driest condition.

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