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A new method is presented to determine the zero-plane displacement of tall vegetation from single-level measurementsof the standard deviation of the vertical wind speed and the kinematicsensible heat flux. A reasonable result is obtained for tiger bush,a vegetation type in the Sahel.
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DE BRUIN, H.A.R., VERHOEF, A. A NEW METHOD TO DETERMINE THE ZERO-PLANE DISPLACEMENT. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 82, 159–164 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000233230943
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