Modeling ultraviolet-B radiation in a maize canopy

Wei Gao; Richard H. Grant; Gordon M. Heisler; James R. Slusser

doi:10.1117/12.452943

17 January 2002 Modeling ultraviolet-B radiation in a maize canopy

Wei Gao, Richard H. Grant, Gordon M. Heisler, James R. Slusser

Proceedings Volume 4482, Ultraviolet Ground- and Space-based Measurements, Models, and Effects; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452943
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A decrease in stratospheric ozone may result in a serious threat to plants, since biologically active short-wavelength ultraviolet-B (UVB 280-320 nm) radiation will increase even with a relatively small decrease in ozone. Experimental work has shown that various cultivars and species respond to UVB in different ways. To determine the physiological effects on plants of any increases in UVB radiation, the irradiances at the potential sensitive plant surface need to be known. Numerical models are needed to calculate UVB irradiance. This paper compares spatially and temporally averaged measurements of UVB canopy transmittance (T_canopy, irradiance below canopy/irradiance above canopy) to that predicted by three models. Maize was selected as the canopy for the study because direct measurements of leaf area and leaf angle distribution are manageable. The models can be applied to other plants including urban trees, though other methods of characterizing leaf area and angle distributions generally would be used. Using measurements of canopy parameters as inputs to the numerical scheme, the models attempt to simulate the UVB T_canopy that the UVB sensors measure. The purpose of this paper is: (1) to describe the models developed for calculating UVB irradiances (as measured by UVB T_canopy) at given positions in maize canopies; and (2) to report the results of experimental tests of the models.

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Wei Gao, Richard H. Grant, Gordon M. Heisler, and James R. Slusser "Modeling ultraviolet-B radiation in a maize canopy", Proc. SPIE 4482, Ultraviolet Ground- and Space-based Measurements, Models, and Effects, (17 January 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452943

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