Derivation of the aerodynamic roughness parameters for a Sahelian savannah site using the eddy correlation technique |
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Authors: | C R Lloyd J H C Gash M V K Sivakumar |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Hydrology Wallingford, 10 8BB OX, UK;(2) International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, ICRISAT Sahelian Center, BP 12404, Niamey, Niger |
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Abstract: | Vertical exchange of heat, moisture and momentum above the earth's surface depends strongly on the turbulence generated by surface roughness. This roughness is best specified through the roughness length and the zero plane displacement. The ratio of windspeed to friction velocity was measured at four heights using the eddy correlation technique at a fallow savannah site in the Sahel. The change in this ratio with height was used to derive the zero plane displacement and the roughness length of the surface, together with an estimate of the error in each parameter. These were estimated as 0.93 ± 0.35 m and 0.17 ± 0.01 m, respectively. The method appears to be a more robust alternative to wind profile derivation. |
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