Accession Number:

AD0701708

Title:

A STRUCTURED FLUIDS APPROACH TO CANOPY FLOW

Descriptive Note:

Scientific rept.

Corporate Author:

NEW YORK UNIV BRONX GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Silbert, Mark N.

Report Date:

1970-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

29.0

Abstract:

The classical turbulence approach to the flow of air in a vegetative canopy is reviewed. Three separate classical theories are described. A comparison is made between experimentally measured canopy flows and a velocity function derived from the theory of structured continua. The agreement between theory and observations is good, but not unexpected, due to seven degrees of freedom in the fitted velocity profile. Proposals for future study for a more rigorous test of the theory are discussed.

Descriptors:

• *AERODYNAMICS
• *PLANTS(BOTANY)
• VELOCITY
• AIR
• THEORY
• GAS FLOW

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE