A Preliminary Field Study of Turbulent Flow Over and Inside a Forest Edge.
Abstract
This study focused on field measurements to determine the spatial variability of the turbulence characteristics under various atmospheric and forest canopy conditions. A high-speed multi-channel data acquisition system was configured and tested. Fixed and movable observation towers have been set up in the University experimental forest in Coventry, Conn. Two wind velocity sensors, being tested and evaluated in the laboratory for their capability to measure the three-dimensional flow with high turbulence intensity that generally characterizes the flow regime in a forest canopy; are a dual triple-split hot-film probe and a tri-diagonal hot-film probe with a wind octant electronic sensor (WOES). The response of WOES tested in the low-speed wind nozzle appears to be promising and its compatibility with the tri-diagonal hot-film probe is being evaluated. A number of field measures has been conducted over and inside the forest canopy, using a vertical array of velocity sensors which includes a propeller anemometer, and x-hot wire and hot film anemometers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA158409
Entities
People
- D. R. Miller
- J. D. Lin
Organizations
- University of Connecticut