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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1007/s10546-008-9344-4
Titel (primär) The turbulent Lagrangian time scale in forest canopies constrained by fluxes, concentrations and source distributions
Autor Haverd, V.; Leuning, R.; Griffith, D.; van Gorsel, E.; Cuntz, M.
Quelle Boundary-Layer Meteorology
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
Department CHS
Band/Volume 130
Heft 2
Seite von 209
Seite bis 228
Sprache englisch
Keywords Atmospheric dispersion; Lagrangian time scale; Micrometeorology; Turbulent transport; Plant canopies
Abstract One-dimensional Lagrangian dispersion models, frequently used to relate in-canopy source/sink distributions of energy, water and trace gases to vertical concentration profiles, require estimates of the standard deviation of the vertical wind speed, which can be measured, and the Lagrangian time scale, T , which cannot. In this work we use non-linear parameter estimation to determine the vertical profile of the Lagrangian time scale that simultaneously optimises agreement between modelled and measured vertical profiles of temperature, water vapour and carbon dioxide concentrations within a 40-m tall temperate Eucalyptus forest in south-eastern Australia. Modelled temperature and concentration profiles are generated using Lagrangian dispersion theory combined with source/sink distributions of sensible heat, water vapour and CO2. These distributions are derived from a multilayer Soil-Vegetation-Atmospheric-Transfer model subject to multiple constraints: (1) daytime eddy flux measurements of sensible heat, latent heat, and CO2 above the canopy, (2) in-canopy lidar measurements of leaf area density distribution, and (3) chamber measurements of CO2 ground fluxes. The resulting estimate of Lagrangian time scale within the canopy under near-neutral conditions is about 1.7 times higher than previous estimates and decreases towards zero at the ground. It represents an advance over previous estimates of T , which are largely unconstrained by measurements.
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Haverd, V., Leuning, R., Griffith, D., van Gorsel, E., Cuntz, M. (2009):
The turbulent Lagrangian time scale in forest canopies constrained by fluxes, concentrations and source distributions
Bound.-Layer Meteor. 130 (2), 209 - 228 10.1007/s10546-008-9344-4