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Figure 3: Diurnal temperature and humidity changes between Day 80 and Day 86

The results suggest that the green curtains (2011) reported, based on his precise measure-
reduce the microenvironment air temperature - ments of leaf surfaces and vicinity air temper-
not only by physically blocking radiation but atures of green curtains, that the cooling effect
also though biological functions such as trans- of a green curtain is not evaporative. Therefore,
piration (which is highly active during the day the significant temperature decreases in Clitoria
time). Misaka et al., (2005) found in their green plots during the mid-day period would rely on
curtain study using Hedera canariensis that 25% the absorbance of latent heat by a green curtain
of latent heat flux of net radiation is associated leaf canopy.
with transpiration. On the other hand, Narita

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