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Temperature structure in and above a tropical forest
Author(s) -
Baynton H. W.,
Hamilton H. L.,
Sherr P. E.,
Worth J. J. B.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49709138814
Subject(s) - canopy , tropical forest , tree canopy , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , ecology , geology , biology
A micrometeorological investigation in the tropical forest of north‐western Colombia has provided new data on forest temperature profiles and the factors controlling the profile shape. The lapse rate above the forest canopy is a direct function of the increase in temperature between the surface and the canopy. The level of maximum temperature is not at the top of the canopy. Thus, the Colombian forest temperature profiles are unlike other forest profiles previously reported in the literature.