A simple unified theory for flow in the canopy and roughness sublayer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 339-363

  Harman, Ian N ^a   Finnigan, John J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy; MOST; Roughness sublayer; Stability; Wind profile

Indexed keywords

FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

CANOPY; ROUGHNESS SUBLAYER; WIND PROFILE;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CANOPY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MIXING; ROUGHNESS; VORTICITY; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 34247098518     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-006-9145-6     Document Type: Article

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