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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2987-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2987-2017
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, Frederik De Roo, and Matthias Mauder

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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.
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