Research Article
Numerical Simulation of Surface Energy and Water Balances over a Semiarid Grassland Ecosystem in the West African Savanna
Table 2
General parameters used for the SOLVEG simulations.
| | Parameter | Settings |
| | Calculation period | 01 to 31 January (dry period) and 01 to 26 June, 2013 (wet period) | | Vegetation type | C4 grass | | Atmospheric and vegetation layer in height (m) | 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 6.0, 8.0, and 10.0 | | Soil layer in depth (m) | 0.0, 0.05, 0.08, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 | | Initial volumetric soil water content (m3 m−3) | 0.017 and 0.03 for the dry and wet periods, respectively |
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