Observing and Modeling the Vertical Wind Profile at Multiple Sites in and above the Amazon Rain Forest Canopy

We analyzed the vertical wind profile measured at six experimental tower sites in dense forest in the Amazon Basin and examined how well two simple models can reproduce these observations. In general, the vertical wind profile below the canopy is strongly affected by the forest structure. From the f...

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Main Authors: Raoni Aquino Silva de Santana, Cléo Quaresma Dias-Júnior, Roseilson Souza do Vale, Júlio Tóta, David Roy Fitzjarrald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5436157