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Canopy Transport Processes

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Flow and Transport in the Natural Environment: Advances and Applications

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Over the last twenty years, paradigms for atmospheric transfer processes in plant canopies have altered in two main ways. Firstly, simple gradient-diffusion theory has ceased to be acceptable as a description of the turbulent transfer of scalars and momentum, and is being replaced by physically sounder theories. Secondly, the turbulence in and above the canopy has been recognised as coherent and organised rather than random and chaotic, and the character of this organised motion is being elucidated. This review outlines the development and implications of these changes.

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Raupach, M.R. (1988). Canopy Transport Processes. In: Steffen, W.L., Denmead, O.T. (eds) Flow and Transport in the Natural Environment: Advances and Applications. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73845-6_7

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