| Value |
1.5E+16
kg/yr
|
| Organism |
Biosphere |
| Reference |
Alistair M. Hetherington1 F. Ian Woodward. The role of stomata in sensing and driving environmental change. Nature. 2003 Aug 21 424(6951):901-8. p. 901 right column, top paragraphPubMed ID12931178
|
| Primary Source |
Ciais, P. et al. A three-dimensional synthesis study of dO18 in atmospheric CO2. I. Surface fluxes. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 102, 5857–5872 (1997). |
| Comments |
The greatest rates of transpiration occur in the uniform and warm
forested areas between the tropics with 32×10^15kg/yr of
water vapour passing through stomata (BNID 101753). This is double the water
vapour content of the atmosphere (15×10^15kg/yr). |
| Entered by |
Ben Marks |
| ID |
101754 |