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On the effect of clearcuts on turbulence structure above a forest canopy

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The modification of the flow structure arising from the removal of large patches of trees in a managed forest plantation near Gainesville, Florida is described. Using wavelet analysis of turbulence measurements taken above a forest canopy hundreds of meters downwind from the forest gap and well outside the footprint, the present paper examines changes in flow characteristics and demonstrates that the presence of the nearby clearcut introduces extraneous coherent events passing by the eddy-covariance flux measurement system.

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  1. Laboratory for Environmental Physics, The University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, USA

    G. Zhang, M. Y. Leclerc & A. Karipot

  2. Department of Micrometeorology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

    Chr. Thomas & Th. Foken

  3. National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, USA

    H. L. Gholz

  4. Department of Geography, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    M. Binford

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Zhang, G., Thomas, C., Leclerc, M. et al. On the effect of clearcuts on turbulence structure above a forest canopy. Theor. Appl. Climatol. 88, 133–137 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-006-0250-8

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