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Roughness Sublayer Turbulence in the Community Land ... - cmmap

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Canopy turbulence and <strong>the</strong> roughness sublayer <br />

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W<strong>in</strong>d speed <br />

<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly unstable <br />

z-d<br />

L = 0 .016 0.045 -0.065 -0.085 -0.107 -0.306<br />

Poten6al temperature <br />

-0.03 -0.047 -0.065 -0.082 -0.104 -0.239<br />

z-d<br />

L<br />

-1<br />

-2<br />

-3<br />

OBS<br />

MOST<br />

N = 18<br />

43<br />

50<br />

33<br />

33<br />

49<br />

2 1<br />

N = 13<br />

36<br />

48<br />

26<br />

30<br />

60<br />

Flow with<strong>in</strong> 2-­‐3 canopy heights above/with<strong>in</strong> tall (plant) canopies does not conform to <br />

Mon<strong>in</strong>-­‐Obukhov Similarity Theory (M-­‐O); this region is called <strong>the</strong> roughness sublayer (RSL). <br />

Raupach (1976), Chen and SchwerdPeger (1989)

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