Influence of foliar density profile on canopy flow: A large-eddy simulation study

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 148, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 976-990

  Dupont, Sylvain ^a   Brunet, Yves ^a  

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

Author keywords

Coherent structures; Coriolis force; Forest morphology; Large eddy simulation; Mixing layer analogy; Turbulent flow; Vegetation canopy; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CORIOLIS FORCE; DENSITY; EDDY COVARIANCE; LEAF AREA INDEX; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 43949134539     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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