The effects of thermal stratification on clustering properties of canopy turbulence

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-325

  Cava, D ^a   Katul, G G ^b,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric stability regimes; Canopy sublayer turbulence; Clustering; Inter pulse distribution; Intermittency; Telegraphic approximation

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CRYSTAL LATTICES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STABILITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TURBULENCE; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY REGIMES; CANOPY SUBLAYER TURBULENCE; CLUSTERING; INTER-PULSE DISTRIBUTION; INTERMITTENCY; TELEGRAPHIC APPROXIMATION;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BORN APPROXIMATION; BROWNIAN MOTION; CANOPY; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 60649097294     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-008-9342-6     Document Type: Article

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