Modeling relative wind speed by optical stratification porosity within the canopy of a coastal protective forest at different stem densities

Silva Fennica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-204

  Zhu, Jiao Jun ^a,b   Gonda, Yutaka ^b   Matsuzaki, Takeshi ^b   Yamamoto, Masashi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coastal protective forest; Optical porosity; Pinus thunbergii; Vertical forest structure; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; POROSITY; WIND EFFECTS;

OPTICAL STRATIFICATION POROSITY (OSP);

FORESTRY;

FOREST; OPTICAL METHOD; STAND STRUCTURE; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

COASTS; FORESTS; POROSITY; STEMS; STRATIFICATION; THINNING; WIND;

PINUS THUNBERGII;

EID: 0038322033     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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