Variation of Latent Heat Flux and Canopy Temperature over Potato Crop Governed by Soil Moisture

The microclimate of plant communities varied with energy balance, turbulent exchange and thermal status of the soil surface. Available net radiation is the balance between incoming and outgoing radiation which is the main source of energy in the earth system. The balance of energy at the earth’s surface is closely associated with the overlying atmospheric boundary layer (Roxy et al., 2014). The total available energy and partitioning of it into different components such as sensible heat (h), latent heat (LE) and soil heat fluxes (G) influences the production of the crop very strongly. Numerous studies have been made to investigate the nature of radiation balance at the crop surface. Huband and Monteith (1986) studied radiative surface temperature and energy balance of a wheat International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 10 (2017) pp. 130-137 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com