Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Symbols
- Main abbreviations and acronyms
- 1 A quantitative approach to plant–environment interactions
- 2 Radiation
- 3 Heat, mass and momentum transfer
- 4 Plant water relations
- 5 Energy balance and evaporation
- 6 Stomata
- 7 Photosynthesis and respiration
- 8 Light and plant development
- 9 Temperature
- 10 Drought and other abiotic stresses
- 11 Other environmental factors: wind, altitude, climate change and atmospheric pollutants
- 12 Physiology and crop yield improvement
- Appendices
- Appendix 1 Units and conversion factors
- Appendix 2 Mutual diffusion coefficients for binary mixtures containing air or water at 20°C
- Appendix 3 Some temperature-dependent properties of air and water
- Appendix 4 Temperature dependence of air humidity and associated quantities
- Appendix 5 Thermal properties and densities of various materials and tissues at 20°C
- Appendix 6 Physical constants and other quantities
- Appendix 7 Solar geometry and radiation approximations
- Appendix 8 Measurement of leaf boundary layer conductance
- Appendix 9 Derivation of Equation (9.9)
- Appendix 10 Answers to sample problems
- References
- Index
Appendix 8 - Measurement of leaf boundary layer conductance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Symbols
- Main abbreviations and acronyms
- 1 A quantitative approach to plant–environment interactions
- 2 Radiation
- 3 Heat, mass and momentum transfer
- 4 Plant water relations
- 5 Energy balance and evaporation
- 6 Stomata
- 7 Photosynthesis and respiration
- 8 Light and plant development
- 9 Temperature
- 10 Drought and other abiotic stresses
- 11 Other environmental factors: wind, altitude, climate change and atmospheric pollutants
- 12 Physiology and crop yield improvement
- Appendices
- Appendix 1 Units and conversion factors
- Appendix 2 Mutual diffusion coefficients for binary mixtures containing air or water at 20°C
- Appendix 3 Some temperature-dependent properties of air and water
- Appendix 4 Temperature dependence of air humidity and associated quantities
- Appendix 5 Thermal properties and densities of various materials and tissues at 20°C
- Appendix 6 Physical constants and other quantities
- Appendix 7 Solar geometry and radiation approximations
- Appendix 8 Measurement of leaf boundary layer conductance
- Appendix 9 Derivation of Equation (9.9)
- Appendix 10 Answers to sample problems
- References
- Index
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- Plants and MicroclimateA Quantitative Approach to Environmental Plant Physiology, pp. 353 - 354Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013