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Title: FASST vegetation models
Authors: Frankenstein, Susan
Koenig, George Geoffrey, 1943-
Keywords: Plants
Vegetation mapping
Forest canopies
FASST (Computer program)
Publisher: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)
Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
Series/Report no.: ERDC/CRREL ; TR-04-25
Abstract: The one-dimensional dynamic state of the ground model FASST (Fast All-season Soil Strength) is a state of the ground model developed by Frankenstein and Koenig (2004) as part of the Army’s Battlespace Terrain Reasoning and Awareness (BTRA) research program. In its original form, the only effects vegetation had on FASST were to change the surface albedo and emissivity. Recently, a two tier, multilayer vegetation algorithm was added. These can be implemented separately or together. Both alter the soil surface energy and moisture budgets. In this report we will discuss the energy balance equations used to solve for the low vegetation, canopy and ground temperatures. In solving these equations, the effects of precipitation interception and soil moisture modification attributable to root-uptake are incorporated.
Description: Technical Report
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11681/5385
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