A NEW METHOD TO DETERMINE THE ZERO-PLANE DISPLACEMENT

Authors
DEBRUIN HAR VERHOEF A
Citation
Har. Debruin et A. Verhoef, A NEW METHOD TO DETERMINE THE ZERO-PLANE DISPLACEMENT, Boundary - layer meteorology, 82(1), 1997, pp. 159-164
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Journal title
Boundary - layer meteorology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00068314
Volume
82
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
159 - 164
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8314(1997)82:1<159:ANMTDT>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A new method is presented to determine the zero-plane displacement of tall vegetation from single-level measurements of the standard deviati on of the vertical wind speed and the kinematic sensible heat flux. A reasonable result is obtained for tiger bush, a vegetation type in the Sahel.