Modeling the flow resistance of woody vegetation using physically based properties of the foliage and stem

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 229-245

  Västilä, Kaisa ^a   Järvelä, Juha ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

drag; flow resistance; modeling; parameterization; reconfiguration; vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; FLOW RESISTANCE; FRICTION FACTORS; LINEAR SUPERPOSITIONS; PHYSICALLY BASED; RECONFIGURATION; SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLE; WOODY VEGETATION;

DRAG; MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION;

VEGETATION;

BIOMECHANICS; DRAG; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW MODELING; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; FRICTION; LEAF AREA; PARAMETERIZATION; WOODY PLANT;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULA PENDULA; SALIX; SALIX RUBENS; SALIX VIMINALIS;

EID: 84896711395     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR013819     Document Type: Article

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