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Research article
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20 Jun 2017
Research article |
| 20 Jun 2017
Explaining the convector effect in canopy turbulence by means of large-eddy simulation
Tirtha Banerjee
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMKIFU),
82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
present address: Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
Frederik De Roo
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMKIFU),
82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Matthias Mauder
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMKIFU),
82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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Short summary
The canopy convector effect in the context of canopy turbulence was recently introduced by Rotenberg and Yakir (Science, 2010). However, there was a lack of understanding of this phenomenon as a generic feature of canopy turbulence, as we have demonstrated in this paper. Uncertainties of existing parameterizations of canopy aerodynamic resistance to heat transfer are discussed and possible remedies are suggested.
The canopy convector effect in the context of canopy turbulence was recently introduced by...
