Abraha, M.
Presented at the All Scientist Meeting (2013-04-04 to 2013-04-05 )
In an attempt to ease the demand for petroleum and combat climate change, globally and nationally, there is an
increased interest in biofuel production (Fargione et al., 2008). Usually undisturbed lands or lands previously on
conventional agriculture are used for such purposes. Previous studies have mainly focused on carbon exchange and
sequestration with little attention given to the water and heat fluxes due to such land conversion. However, water
and heat exchange between plant canopies and the atmosphere are closely related to carbon fluxes and are as
equally important. This study in general examined the water fluxes across seven large‐scale sites in Midwest US
following land‐use conversion – with more emphasis on:
1. the magnitude and seasonal dynamics of evapotranspiration (ET) over biofuel crops?
2. the influence of previous and present cultivation on evapotranspiration?
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