Numerical Simulation of Canopy Flows

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-4

3. Distribution of Meteorological Variables in Forest Canopies

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   Pages 5-33

4. Air Flow Around and Through Individual Trees

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   Pages 34-91

5. Air Flow Through and Above Stands

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   Pages 92-149

6. Concluding Remarks

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   Pages 150-151

7. Back Matter

   Pages 152-167

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Starting with the description of meteorological variables in forest canopies and its parameter variations, a numerical three-dimentional model is developed. Its applicability is demonstrated, first, by wind sheltering effects of hedges and, second, by the effects of deforestation on local climate in complex terrain. Scientists in ecology, agricultural botany and meteorology, but also urban and regional lanners will profit from this study finding the most effective solution for their specific problems.

• Canopy flow
• Deforestation
• Forest meteorology
• Forstwirtschaft
• Mesoscale Modelle
• Mesoscale Modelling
• Meteorologie
• Mikrometeorologie
• Windströmungen
• Windsttrömung
• ecology
• forest
• forestry
• simulation
• wind
• landscape/regional and urban planning

• Institut für Meteorologie und Klimatologie, Universität Hannover, Hannover 1, Germany

  Günter Groß

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