Turbulent Structures in a Pine Forest with a Deep and Sparse Trunk Space: Stand and Edge Regions |
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| Authors: | Sylvain Dupont Mark R Irvine Jean-Marc Bonnefond Eric Lamaud Yves Brunet |
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| Institution: | 1.INRA, UR1263 Ephyse,Villenave d’Ornon,France |
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| Abstract: | Forested landscapes often exhibit large spatial variability in vertical and horizontal foliage distributions. This variability
may affect canopy-atmosphere exchanges through its action on the development of turbulent structures. Here we investigate
in neutral stratification the turbulent structures encountered in a maritime pine forest characterized by a high, dense foliated
layer associated with a deep and sparse trunk space. Both stand and edge regions are considered. In situ measurements and
the results of large-eddy simulations are used and analyzed together. In stand conditions, far from the edge, canopy-top structures
appear strongly damped by the dense crown layer. Turbulent wind fluctuations within the trunk space, where the momentum flux
vanishes, are closely related to these canopy-top structures through pressure diffusion. Consequently, autocorrelation and
spectral analyses are not quite appropriate to characterize the vertical scale of coherent structures in this type of canopy,
as pressure diffusion enhances the actual scale of structures. At frequencies higher than those associated with canopy-top
structures, wind fluctuations related to wake structures developing behind tree stems are observed within the trunk space.
They manifest themselves in wind velocity spectra as secondary peaks in the inertial subrange region, confirming the hypothesis
of spectral short-cuts in vegetation canopies. In the edge region specific turbulent structures develop just below the crown
layer, in addition to canopy-top structures. They are generated by the wind shear induced by the sub-canopy wind jet that
forms at the edge. These structures provide a momentum exchange mechanism similar to that observed at the canopy top but in
the opposite direction and with a lower magnitude. They may develop as in plane mixing-layer flows, with some perturbations
induced by canopy-top structures. Wake structures are also observed within the trunk space in the edge region. |
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