Energy Flux Measurements and Meteorological Observations in an Oil Palm Plantation on Tropical Peatlands in Sarawak, Malaysia

Authors:
Deniel Sang, Angela Che Ing Tang, Edward Baran Aeries, Kevin Kemudang Musin, Ryuichi Hirata, Lulie Melling

Book:
Proceedings of the 14th International Peat Congress

Venue:
Stockholm

Keywords:
energy-fluxes, oil-palm, tropical-peatland

Documentfile:
Sang et al 2012: Energy Flux Measurements and Meteorological Observations in an Oil Palm Plantation on Tropical Peatlands in Sar

Summary:

Theme IX. Tropical peatlands

SUMMARY

Land use change plays an important role in influencing the energy fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. A 40 m micrometeorological observation tower was constructed to study the energy fluxes in an oil palm plantation ecosystem on tropical peatland in Sarawak. The preliminary results have shown that the sensible and latent heat fluxes did not show a marked seasonal variability. The average Bowen ratio was 0.13, indicating that latent heat flux dominated over sensible heat flux. Long term measurements are needed to allow better evaluation of the diurnal, annual and inter-annual variations of energy fluxes and meteorological variables which will lead to a better understanding of carbon dynamics and energy budgets in the oil palm ecosystem on tropical peatland.