Large-eddy simulations of surface roughness parameter sensitivity to canopy-structure characteristics

Maurer, K. D.; Bohrer, G.; Kenny, W. T.; Ivanov, V. Y.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2533-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2533-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2533-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 8

Research article

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30 Apr 2015

Research article |

| 30 Apr 2015

Large-eddy simulations of surface roughness parameter sensitivity to canopy-structure characteristics

K. D. Maurer, G. Bohrer, W. T. Kenny, and V. Y. Ivanov

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RC C7948: 'Reviewer comments', Ronald Queck, 08 Jan 2015
- AC C8819: 'Reply to review by reviewer #1', Gill Bohrer, 19 Feb 2015
- AC C8821: 'Reply to review by reviewer #1', Gill Bohrer, 19 Feb 2015
- AC C8823: 'Reply to review by reviewer #1', Gill Bohrer, 19 Feb 2015
RC C8088: 'Review of “Large eddy simulations of surface roughness parameter sensitivity to canopy- structure characteristics” by Maurer et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Jan 2015
- AC C8825: 'Reply to review by reviewer #2', Gill Bohrer, 19 Feb 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Gil Bohrer on behalf of the Authors (20 Feb 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (24 Feb 2015) by Paul Stoy

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (05 Mar 2015)

RR by Ronald Queck (08 Mar 2015)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (13 Mar 2015) by Paul Stoy

AR by Gil Bohrer on behalf of the Authors (24 Mar 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (27 Mar 2015) by Paul Stoy

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We used large-eddy simulations to test the sensitivity of roughness parameters to characteristics of canopy structure. We found that displacement height scaled with maximum canopy height, aerodynamic canopy height with maximum canopy height and leaf area index, and eddy-penetration depth with gap fraction. Using a decade of observations, we found that fixed parameterizations of roughness performed well but that empirical approaches that incorporated canopy structure preformed even better.