Multi-scale decomposition of turbulent fluxes above a forest canopy

• Published in: Agricultural and forest meteorology Vol. 186; pp. 48 - 63
• Main Authors: Zhang, Gengsheng, Leclerc, Monique Y., Duarte, Henrique F., Durden, David, Werth, David, Kurzeja, Robert, Parker, Matthew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.03.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agricultural and forest climatology and meteorology. Irrigation. Drainage; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Atmospherics; Biological and medical sciences; Canopies; Canopy-atmosphere CO2 exchange; Fluid dynamics; Fluxes; Forest-atmosphere exchange; Forests; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; Multi-scale decomposition; Scalars; Turbulence; Turbulent fluxes; Wavelet; Wavelet analysis; Turbulent fluxes; Wavelet analysis; Multi-scale decomposition; Forest-atmosphere exchange; Canopy-atmosphere CO2 exchange; Biometeorology; Forests; Carbon dioxide; Decomposition; Wavelets; Canopy-atmosphere CO; Analysis; Atmosphere; Eddy flux; exchange; Gas exchange; Canopy(vegetation)

•Develop a way to decompose wavelet cospectrum into upward and downward components.•Apply the method for multi-scale decomposition of turbulent fluxes.•Examine the multi-scale probability and intensity of upward and downward events.•Determine the relative importance of the two components of wavelet...