The effect of canopy gaps on subcanopy ventilation and scalar fluxes in a tropical forest

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-34

  Miller, Scott D ^a,b   Goulden, Michael L ^a   da Rocha, Humberto R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Carbon dioxide exchange; Eddy covariance; LBA ECO; Microclimate; Tropical forest; Tropical logging; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; GAS EXCHANGE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PATCH SIZE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TROPICAL FOREST; VENTILATION; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER VAPOR;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845924781     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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