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    Gabriel G. Katul

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    Gabriel G. Katul & Davide Poggi

  3. College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 Ocean Admin Bldg, Corvallis, OR, 97331-5503, USA

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Katul, G.G., Mahrt, L., Poggi, D. et al. ONE- and TWO-Equation Models for Canopy Turbulence. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 113, 81–109 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BOUN.0000037333.48760.e5

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