The effect of vegetation density on canopy sub-layer turbulence

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 565-587

  Poggi, D ^a   Porporato, A ^a   Ridolfi, L ^a   Albertson, J D ^b   Katul, G G ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy turbulence; Closure models; Drag coefficient; Kelvin Helmholtz waves; Mixing length; Vegetation density; Von K rm n streets

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MORPHOLOGY; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; REMOTE SENSING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VEGETATION; VORTEX FLOW;

CANONICAL FORM; CANOPY SUB-LAYER TURBULENCE; INFLECTIONAL INSTABILITY; VEGETATION DENSITY;

TURBULENCE;

AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; CANOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MIXING; TURBULENT FLOW; VEGETATION; VELOCITY PROFILE;

AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; CANOPY; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENT FLOW; VEGETATION; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 1842735102     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BOUN.0000016576.05621.73     Document Type: Article

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