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Study of momentum transfers within a vegetation canopy

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Two models have been developed by applying conditions of continuity between the roughness sublayer and the top of vegetation canopy having constant foliage distribution. Massman's cosh-type of wind profile and Albini's exponential wind profile have been used to derive expressions for shear stress, displacement height and roughness length in analytical forms. The computed results compared with those of Massman models (1987, 1997) show similarity with the present models.

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  1. Radio and Atmospheric Science Division, National Physical Laboratory, 110 012, New Delhi, India

    Mahendra Mohan & M. K. Tiwari

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Mohan, M., Tiwari, M.K. Study of momentum transfers within a vegetation canopy. J Earth Syst Sci 113, 67–72 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02701999

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