On the anomalous behavior of the Lagrangian structure function similarity constant inside dense canopies

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4212-4231

  Poggi, Davide ^a   Katul, Gabirel G ^b,c   Cassiani, Massimo ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy turbulence; Energy short circuiting; Eulerian and Lagrangian time scales; Kolmogorov constant; Lagrangian dispersion models; Wake production

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SAMPLING; TURBULENCE; WAKES;

CANOPY TURBULENCE; ENERGY SHORT-CIRCUITING; KOLMOGOROV CONSTANT; LAGRANGIAN DISPERSION MODELS; WAKE PRODUCTION;

FLOW PATTERNS;

ANISOTROPY; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CANOPY; CARBON MONOXIDE; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE LAYER; TIMESCALE; TURBULENCE; WAKE;

ACCELERATION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CANOPY; ENERGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 43849093703     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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