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## Abstract Snowmelt dynamics in forested areas are largely driven by net radiation, which is controlled by solar elevation angle and spatial variations in canopy structure. Understanding of the spatiotemporal radiative regimes in discontinuous forests during the snow season is limited. To improve understanding of radiation dynamics in discontinuous forests, a theoretical, spatially explicit, all‐wave irradiance model was developed. The model was tested using detailed measurements collected with radiometer arrays consisting of 16 pyranometers and 14 pyrgeometers installed in a small forest canopy gap. The model was used to simulate incoming radiation over the snow season at mid‐latitude (47°N), level forest canopy gaps with diameters ranging from one to six times the surrounding tree heights (__H__). Theoretical results indicate that radiative regimes in small canopy gaps may be distinctly different from continuous open areas and closed‐canopy forests, especially at low solar elevation angles. At low sun angles, spatial radiative minima can occur in gaps due to low incoming shortwave radiation caused by canopy shading, coupled with minimal longwave radiation enhancement from surrou
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- Author
- Robert R. Lawler; Timothy E. Link
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0885-6087)
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)