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| 63 | M and CLULOW A (2008) Modelling vegetation water use for general | 63 | M and CLULOW A (2008) Modelling vegetation water use for general | ||
| 64 | application in different categories of vegetation, WRC Report No. | 64 | application in different categories of vegetation, WRC Report No. | ||
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| 99 | plant parameters, land use change, grassland, savanna, thicket, | 99 | plant parameters, land use change, grassland, savanna, thicket, | ||
| 100 | indigenous forest, Fynbos, wetlands, alien invasive plants, plantation | 100 | indigenous forest, Fynbos, wetlands, alien invasive plants, plantation | ||
| 101 | forestry, sugarcane, wheat, Bowen ratio, scintillometry, eddy | 101 | forestry, sugarcane, wheat, Bowen ratio, scintillometry, eddy | ||
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| 117 | ameter-sets-for-21-south-african-vegetation-types-wrc-report-1319108", | 117 | ameter-sets-for-21-south-african-vegetation-types-wrc-report-1319108", | ||
| 118 | "notes": "This dataset was harvested from WRC Report No. 1319/1/08, | 118 | "notes": "This dataset was harvested from WRC Report No. 1319/1/08, | ||
| 119 | which developed and tested simplified models of vegetation water use | 119 | which developed and tested simplified models of vegetation water use | ||
| 120 | for a wide range of South African vegetation types. The project | 120 | for a wide range of South African vegetation types. The project | ||
| 121 | adapted the WAVES biophysical process model (CSIRO) into WAVES (SA), | 121 | adapted the WAVES biophysical process model (CSIRO) into WAVES (SA), | ||
| 122 | linking it to a South African climate database and adding flexible | 122 | linking it to a South African climate database and adding flexible | ||
| 123 | carbon allocation, spring translocation, frost and burning/harvest | 123 | carbon allocation, spring translocation, frost and burning/harvest | ||
| 124 | options. Field measurements of evapotranspiration (ET) were made or | 124 | options. Field measurements of evapotranspiration (ET) were made or | ||
| 125 | collated using scintillometry, Bowen ratio, eddy covariance and heat | 125 | collated using scintillometry, Bowen ratio, eddy covariance and heat | ||
| 126 | pulse sap flow techniques, and WAVES was calibrated against these | 126 | pulse sap flow techniques, and WAVES was calibrated against these | ||
| 127 | observations at sites across the Grassland, Savanna, Thicket, Forest | 127 | observations at sites across the Grassland, Savanna, Thicket, Forest | ||
| 128 | and Fynbos biomes, as well as wetlands, alien invasive plant stands, | 128 | and Fynbos biomes, as well as wetlands, alien invasive plant stands, | ||
| 129 | dryland crops and plantation forests. The core of the dataset is the | 129 | dryland crops and plantation forests. The core of the dataset is the | ||
| 130 | full set of calibrated WAVES vegetation parameter values published in | 130 | full set of calibrated WAVES vegetation parameter values published in | ||
| 131 | Appendix 1 of the report: 28 parameters (including canopy and soil | 131 | Appendix 1 of the report: 28 parameters (including canopy and soil | ||
| 132 | albedo, rainfall interception and light extinction coefficients, | 132 | albedo, rainfall interception and light extinction coefficients, | ||
| 133 | maximum carbon assimilation rate, conductance slope, minimum soil | 133 | maximum carbon assimilation rate, conductance slope, minimum soil | ||
| 134 | water potential, growth temperature thresholds, maximum rooting depth, | 134 | water potential, growth temperature thresholds, maximum rooting depth, | ||
| 135 | specific leaf area, respiration and leaf mortality rates, aerodynamic | 135 | specific leaf area, respiration and leaf mortality rates, aerodynamic | ||
| 136 | resistance, soil nutrient index and carbon allocation and frost | 136 | resistance, soil nutrient index and carbon allocation and frost | ||
| 137 | switches) for 21 parameter sets representing 17 sites, with separate | 137 | switches) for 21 parameter sets representing 17 sites, with separate | ||
| 138 | overstorey and understorey sets for savanna, valley thicket and | 138 | overstorey and understorey sets for savanna, valley thicket and | ||
| 139 | indigenous forest. A site table was compiled for each parameter set, | 139 | indigenous forest. A site table was compiled for each parameter set, | ||
| 140 | recording biome, district, dominant species, report section, | 140 | recording biome, district, dominant species, report section, | ||
| 141 | coordinates and altitude where reported, mean annual precipitation, | 141 | coordinates and altitude where reported, mean annual precipitation, | ||
| 142 | the WAVES simulation period and the weather stations used. Supporting | 142 | the WAVES simulation period and the weather stations used. Supporting | ||
| 143 | tables from the report were also digitised, namely mean annual | 143 | tables from the report were also digitised, namely mean annual | ||
| 144 | precipitation, runoff and estimated ET for 20 Drakensberg and | 144 | precipitation, runoff and estimated ET for 20 Drakensberg and | ||
| 145 | KwaZulu-Natal grassland catchments, initial root carbon distributions | 145 | KwaZulu-Natal grassland catchments, initial root carbon distributions | ||
| 146 | with soil depth for grassland, savanna, forest and Fynbos, species | 146 | with soil depth for grassland, savanna, forest and Fynbos, species | ||
| 147 | composition and fortnightly leaf area and specific leaf area | 147 | composition and fortnightly leaf area and specific leaf area | ||
| 148 | measurements for the Bellevue grassland, soil properties for Nylsvley | 148 | measurements for the Bellevue grassland, soil properties for Nylsvley | ||
| 149 | and Noodsberg, plant carbon contents for Nylsvley, simulated site | 149 | and Noodsberg, plant carbon contents for Nylsvley, simulated site | ||
| 150 | water balances for Noodsberg valley thicket and Groenkop forest, Pinus | 150 | water balances for Noodsberg valley thicket and Groenkop forest, Pinus | ||
| 151 | patula biomass calculations, and simulated versus Bowen ratio ET for | 151 | patula biomass calculations, and simulated versus Bowen ratio ET for | ||
| 152 | an Acacia mearnsii plantation. The report was born-digital, so values | 152 | an Acacia mearnsii plantation. The report was born-digital, so values | ||
| 153 | were extracted from the embedded text layer and checked against page | 153 | were extracted from the embedded text layer and checked against page | ||
| 154 | images. Arithmetic and plausibility checks identified a small number | 154 | images. Arithmetic and plausibility checks identified a small number | ||
| 155 | of internal inconsistencies in the source, which were retained | 155 | of internal inconsistencies in the source, which were retained | ||
| 156 | unchanged and documented in a dedicated verification sheet. Data shown | 156 | unchanged and documented in a dedicated verification sheet. Data shown | ||
| 157 | only in figures, such as daily ET time series, were not digitised. The | 157 | only in figures, such as daily ET time series, were not digitised. The | ||
| 158 | parameter sets were intended as a starting point for simulating ET of | 158 | parameter sets were intended as a starting point for simulating ET of | ||
| 159 | similar vegetation elsewhere in South Africa and for land-use change | 159 | similar vegetation elsewhere in South Africa and for land-use change | ||
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