Vertical dispersion in the nocturnal, stable surface layer above a forest canopy

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 3989-3997

  Stoughton, Thomas E ^a   Miller, David R ^b  

^a Woodard Curran Environ Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Lidar; Micrometeorology; Plume spread; Stability

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; PHOTODETECTORS; TURBULENCE;

PARTICLE MOTION;

DISPERSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; FOREST; PLUME;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; DISPERSION; FOREST CANOPY; MICROMETEOROLOGY; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANOPY; MODEL; PLUME DISPERSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036706633     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00165-6     Document Type: Article

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