Abstract
An array of slender, vertical, cylindrical rods was used in a wind tunnel to simulate a plant canopy. Turbulence measurements were made with a cross hot wire, both inside and above the canopy. Measurements were also made inside the canopy when its top was covered by boards, leaving no space above the rods. This artificially confined canopy provided reference data.
The results show an exponential wind profile and constant turbulence intensity, skewness and mixing length along the height of the (unconfined) canopy, the contribution of the eddies shed by the rods to the turbulence observed inside the canopy was small, but clearly apparent.
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Seginer, I., Mulhearn, P.J., Bradley, E.F. et al. Turbulent flow in a model plant canopy. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 10, 423–453 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00225863
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