Characteristics of transpiration over a tropical rainforest in Peninsular Malaysia

Abstract

Surface conductance was studied using micrometeorological data obtained at a tropical rain forest in Peninsular Malaysia in 1998. Surface conductance could be estimated through the year using the surface conductance model expressed as the function of solar radiation and specific humidity deficit. Soil drought did not affect the characteristic of the surface conductance and transpiration rate in the driest period at this study site where soil and the air tend to dry in a tropical rain forest.