Vertical variability and effect of stability on turbulence characteristics down to the floor of a pine forest

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 919-936

  Launiainen, Samuli ^a   Vesala, Timo ^a   Mölder, Meelis ^b   Mammarella, Ivan ^a   Smolander, Sampo ^a   Rannik, Üllar ^a   Kolari, Pasi ^a   Hari, Pertti ^a   Lindroth, Anders ^b   Katul, Gabriel G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY EXCHANGE; DIABATIC PROCESS; EDDY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WAKE;

EID: 35348944831     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2007.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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