Abstract:
Surface energy fluxes play a significant role in land-air interaction. To quantify the influence of resistance coefficients on surface energy fluxes in the Simple Biosphere Model (SiB
2), the sensitivities of sensible heat flux (
H) and latent heat flux (
LE) to resistance coefficients are examined by using the one-factor-at-a-time method and fractional factorial analysis method. The results show that, i)
H is more sensitive to
C2 (called ground to canopy air-space resistance coefficient) while
LE is more sensitive to
C1 (named bulk canopy boundary-layer resistance coefficient);ii)
H increases with increasing
C1 and decreases with increasing
C2, while
LE always decreases with increasing
C1 or increasing
C2;and iii) the sensitivities of both
H and
LE decrease with increasing coefficients and their relative sensitivities increase with increasing coefficients. Furthermore, the reasonable explanation about the sensitivity of
H and
LE are given considering the distribution of land cover and vegetation in Nagqu.