Regional heatcapacity change is calculated from the ratiobetween the additionorsubtractionof heat (ΔQ) withthe increaseordecrease intemperature(ΔT) region. The purposeof this studyis to calculate the regional heatcapacity changedue to the changes of land cover composition with forest, shrubs, oil palm plantation and bare soilusingLandsat-5 TM satellitedataon 1994,2000 and2010. Total area that used on this studyis12971ha. In 1994-2000, 4 % of forest area and 2% shrubs were increased, followed by additional ofbiomassforest 4.01tons/haand2.83tons/haforshrubs. The increased of forest areaandbiomass(tons/ha) caused by forest and shrubs growthprocessingtowardsclimaxthatadded the canopy volume. So that, the regional heatcapacity in 1994amounted 19384MJCo-1increased to19929MJCo-1in 2000. Data observationfor2000-2010showedthatforest areadecreasedby 66% due to forest’s clearing into oil palm plantations(47%), shrubs(8%) andbare soil (11%). But, plant’s biomass continue to increased, i.e1.48ton/haforforest, 2.73tons/haforshrubsand4.63tons/haforbare soil. Before 2000, there was no land cover by oil palm plantations, so the increasing rate from this land was the biggest than the three other lands, amounting to 122.29tons/ha. Decreasing inthe percentage offorest areadoes notcause a decrease inthe heatcapacity ofthe region. Intensivemaintenance on oil plam plantation such as water management, fertilizer andplanting space made it biomass productivity andabilityto save the heat is greaterthan theforest. As the result, in 2010 regional heatcapacity increased to22508MJCo-1.
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Subject: Environmental and Earth Sciences - Environmental Science
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