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Evaporation and condensation from epiphytes during saturated conditions in a maritime live-oak forest (Georgia, USA).

Raffai, Akosh
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1689271491526605

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2023, Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Cleveland State University, Washkewicz College of Engineering.
Most of the rain that falls over land, falls over forests, which cover approximately one-third of global land surface. Significant immediate and wide-ranging impacts are exerted on hydrological, ecological, and societal systems due to canopy-rainfall interactions, altering rainwater supply to the surface. All storm-related hydrological processes are impacted by the relative rates that canopy surfaces retain, evaporate, and redistribute rain. Many forest canopies host a community of plants called epiphytes that are generally capable of storing and evaporating substantial water. Epiphytes are comparatively under-researched regarding their role in rainfall partitioning compared to bark and leaves. Skidaway Island in Savannah, Georgia, has a forest canopy that hosts an epiphyte community consisting primarily of these three groups on a single host tree species, Quercus virginiana (southern live oak). The objective of this research was to determine the amount of time the study epiphytes were saturated, the amount of rainfall evaporated by the epiphytes, and the amount of condensation received by the epiphytes. It was found that saturation time had a positive relationship with Pleopeltis and detritus biomass, and decreased with Tillandsia. An indirect positive relationship between Pleopeltis and detritus biomass with evaporation and condensation amounts was observed.
John Van Stan (Advisor)
Yong Tao (Committee Chair)
Michael Gallagher (Committee Member)
81 p.
Environmental Science; Mechanical Engineering
epiphytes; rainfall; evaporation; condensation; heat transfer; latent heat; saturation; wet bulb; Python; water cycle

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  • Raffai, A. (2023). Evaporation and condensation from epiphytes during saturated conditions in a maritime live-oak forest (Georgia, USA). [Master's thesis, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1689271491526605

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Raffai, Akosh. Evaporation and condensation from epiphytes during saturated conditions in a maritime live-oak forest (Georgia, USA). 2023. Cleveland State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1689271491526605.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Raffai, Akosh. "Evaporation and condensation from epiphytes during saturated conditions in a maritime live-oak forest (Georgia, USA)." Master's thesis, Cleveland State University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1689271491526605

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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