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Coherent Eddies and Turbulence in Vegetation Canopies: The mixing-layer analogy. M.R.Raupach, J.J.Finnigan and Y.Brunet Boundary-Layer Meteorology 78: 351-382, 1996. Objectives.
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Coherent Eddies and Turbulence in Vegetation Canopies: The mixing-layer analogy M.R.Raupach, J.J.Finnigan and Y.Brunet Boundary-Layer Meteorology 78: 351-382, 1996
Objectives • This paper argues that the turbulence near the top of the canopy is similar to that of a plane mixing layer rather than of the boundary layer
The Mixing Layer • The mixing layer is the turbulence shear flow formed between two coflowing streams with different velocities. • The characteristic of the mixing layer is a strong inflection in the mean velocity profile. • Mixing layer turbulence has a distinctive pattern of coherent motion. It has streamwise periodicity, which is proportional to the vorticity thickness. The ratio ranges 3.5 to 5. • Turbulence depends on depth and friction velocity and is sensitive to initial conditions.
Eddies dominating turbulence transfer are of canopy scale. Three types of observations: Honami waves Two-point turbulence statistics Conditional analyses The Canopy
Conclusions • Introduced basic properties of turbulence in canopies and in the mixing layer • Validated the mixing-layer analogy for the canopy by tests in three aspects: statistical flow properties, the turbulence energy budget and turbulent length scales • Described several useful statistical and observational methods in turbulence study