Vertical Structure of Temperatures of Tree's Leaves and Gate Wall at Rashomon Doline

Temperatures of tree's leaves and gate wall were measured in the summer of 1996 at doline. Diurnal fluctuations of leaf temperatures were greater, the higher the position of leaf in the doline, and they showed maximum temperatures later, the deeper the leaf position. The leaf temperature of trees growing in the first collapse doline was uniform in the horizontal direction and had a stable thermal layer. The difference between leaf temperatures at a depth of 20 m and 11 m was about 12℃ around noon. The leaf temperature was always higher at the upper part than at the lower part of the doline throughout the day. Daily fluctuation of wall temperature was small,compared with that of leaf temperature. The vertical profile of wall temperature was similar to that of leaf temperature. The warm water flowing down from the upper part of the doline influenced the soil temperature in the lower part of the doline. The thermal imagery elucidated the peculiar vertical structure of leaf and wall temperature formed in the summer at Rashomon doline.