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ESPM 129

 

ESPM 129, BIOMETEOROLOGY:

 

Instructor:

Dennis Baldocchi
Professor of Biometeorology
Ecosystem Science Division
Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
& Berkeley Atmospheric Science Center
345 Hilgard Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720

Email: Baldocchi@berkeley.edu
Phone: 510-642-2874
Fax: 510-643-5098
Web Site: http://nature.berkeley.edu/biometlab

 

Fall Semester, 2020

version Sept, 2021, with updated notes and overheads from Fall Semester, 2020

Course Description

In this course we study the 'Breathing' of the Terrestrial Biosphere. This is accomplished by describes the physical environment (light, wind, temperature, humidity) about plants and the soil, by understanding how the physical environment affects the physiological status plants and how status and capacity of plants and the underying soil affect their physical environment. Hence, the nature of this course is very multi- and intra disciplinary, drawing on aspects of micrometeorology, soil physics, physiological ecology, ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry. This course accomplishes its goals by examining the physical, biological and chemical processes that affect the transfer of momentum, energy and material (water, CO2, and atmospheric trace gases) between vegetation and the atmosphere. Instrumentation and measurements, associated with the study of plant biometeorology, are also discussed.

A Reference Textbook is

Monson and Baldocchi, 2014 Terrestrial Biosphere-Atmosphere Fluxes

Campbell and Norman. An Introduction to Environmental Biophysics.

 Overheads have been updated in 2020, with discussion and annotations for each slide

Lecture

Topic

Lecture Notes

Unit 1

Plant and Atmospheric Characteristics

 

1

Introduction, Overview

2

Characterizing Vegetation Canopies, Part I, plant canopy structure and function, leaf area index

3

Characterizing Vegetation Canopies, Part II, Canopy Structure, Height, Leaf Angle

4

Characterizing Vegetation Canopies, Part III, Global distribution and Phenology

5

Solar Radiation, Part I, Theory and Principles

Notes

6

Solar Radiation, Part II, Theory and Principles

7

Solar Radiation, Part III, Theory and Principles Earth-Sun Geometry

8

Radiative Transfer through Vegetation, Part 1, Theory and Observation

9

Radiative Transfer through Vegetation, Part 2, Theory and Observations

10

Radiative Transfer through Vegetation, Part 3, Theory and Observations

 

 

 

11

Temperature and Thermodynamics, part 1

12

Temperature and Thermodynamics, part 2

13

Temperature and Thermodynamics, part 3

14

Humidity, Pressure and Trace Gas ,part 1

 

15

Humidity, Pressure and Trace Gases, part 2

16

Wind and Turbulence, Part 1: Surface Boundary Layer, Theory

17

Wind and Turbulence, Part 2: Surface Boundary Layer, Theory and Observations

18

Wind and Turbulence, Part 3: Surface Boundary Layer, Observations

19

Wind and Turbulence, Part 4: Surface Boundary Layer, Observations

20

Wind and Turbulence, Part 1: Canopy Air Space: Theory and Observation

21

Wind and Turbulence, Part 2: Canopy Air Space: Theory and Observation

22

Instruments and Measurements  

Unit 3

Mass and Energy Exchange

 

23

Concepts of Flux and Mass Conservation, Part 1

24

Concepts of Flux and Mass Conservation, Part 2

 

25

Leaf Boundary Layers and their Resistances

26

Leaf Energy Balance, part 1

27

Leaf Energy Balance, Part 2

28

Stomatal Conductance, part 1

29

Stomatal Conductance, part 2

30

Stomatal Conductance, part 3

31

Canopy Evaporation and Transpiration, Theory, part 1

32

Canopy Evaporation and Transpiration, Theory, part 2

33

Evaporation and Transpiration, part 3

34

Soil Physics, temperature, part 1

 

35

Soil Physics, moisture, observations,part 2

 

36

CO2 Fluxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Updated: 2021-09-22

         
 
 
 
  This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation and US Department of Energy. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the supporters.