Flow and transport in regions with aquatic vegetation

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2011, Pages 123-142

  Nepf, Heidi M ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy; Canopy shear layer; Monami; Turbulence; Turbulent transport

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC VEGETATION; BED ROUGHNESS; CANOPY; FINITE DISTANCE; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; FRONTAL AREAS; LENGTH SCALE; MEAN FLOW; MONAMI; SHEAR LAYER; STEM DIAMETER; TURBULENT TRANSPORTS; UPPER CANOPY; VELOCITY PROFILES;

DRAG; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; VEGETATION;

VORTEX FLOW;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BED ROUGHNESS; BIOENERGETICS; CANOPY EXCHANGE; DIAMETER; DRAG; FRONTAL FEATURE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MASS TRANSFER; SPACING; STEM; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY PROFILE; VORTICITY;

EID: 84555190609     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-120710-101048     Document Type: Article

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