Canopy-structure effects on surface roughness parameters: Observations in a Great Lakes mixed-deciduous forest

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 177, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-34

  Maurer, Kyle D ^a   Hardiman, Brady S ^b   Vogel, Christoph S ^c   Bohrer, Gil ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic canopy height; Canopy structure; Displacement height; Disturbance; Flux; Lidar; Roughness length; Succession; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890862516     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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