The Forest-Atmosphere Interaction: Proceedings of the Forest Environmental Measurements Conference held at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, October 23–28, 1983

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Characterization of Boundary Conditions Affecting Forest Environmental Phenomena....Pages 3-23
Meteorological Data Stations at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites....Pages 25-37
Leaf and Bark Area Distribution in a Pine Forest....Pages 39-58
Canopy Architecture of a Red Maple Edge Stand Measured by a Point Drop Method....Pages 59-70
Estimations of Surface Roughnesses and Displacement Heights Above a Growing Pine Forest from Wind Profile Measurements Over a Period of Ten Years....Pages 71-90
Preliminary Study of Dependence of Surface Conductance of Thetford Forest on Environmental Conditions....Pages 91-104
Data Acquisition for Forest Environmental Measurements in Sweden....Pages 105-115
An Approach to Microcomputer Based Data Acquisition and Control for Forest Environmental Measurements....Pages 117-132
Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide, and Water Vapor Flux Measurements Utilizing a Microprocessor-Controlled Data Acquisition System in A Pine Plantation....Pages 133-147
Data Acquisition System for Wind Induced Tree Vibration....Pages 149-159
A Forest Evapotranspiration Model Using Synoptic Weather Data....Pages 161-176
Simulating Interception Loss Using Standard Meteorological Data....Pages 177-196
Adapting an Agricultural Soil-Plant-Air-Water Model for use in Forests....Pages 197-210
Determination of the Energy Exchanges of a Forest-Type Culture: Hevea Brasiliensis....Pages 211-233
Determination of the Year-To-Year Variation in Growing Season Water Use of a Douglas-Fir Stand....Pages 235-254
An Areally Intensive Approach to Hydrologic Nutrient Transport in Forested Watersheds....Pages 255-270
A Lysimeter Characterization of Evaporation by Eucalypt Forest and its Representativeness for the Local Environment....Pages 271-291
Lysimetric Evaluation of Pine Forest Evapotranspiration....Pages 293-308
Variability of Rainfall Chemistry Within a 40 HA Field in North Central West Virginia....Pages 309-318
Measurements of Solar Radiation on Vertical Surfaces in the Shade of Individual Trees....Pages 319-335
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Urban Forest Cover and Aggregation from High-Altitude Aerial Photographs....Pages 337-348
A Device for Rapid Quantification of Seedling Morphology....Pages 349-359
Application of Atmospheric Tracer Techniques for Determining Biogenic Hydrocarbon Fluxes from an Oak Forest....Pages 361-382
Analysis of Forest Environmental Measurements to Estimate Parameters of Microclimate and Air Pollution Deposition Velocity Models....Pages 383-393
Internal Consistency of the Bowen Ratio Approach to Flux Estimation Over Forested Wetland....Pages 395-404
Front Matter....Pages 405-405
On Diffusive and Dispersive Fluxes in Forest Canopies....Pages 407-419
Flux-Gradient Relationships in a Forest Canopy....Pages 421-442
Turbulent Transport in Flexible Plant Canopies....Pages 443-480
Modeling Turbulent Exchange in Forest Canopies....Pages 481-499
Modeling Windfields and Surface Layer Wind Profiles Over Complex Terrain and Within Vegetative Canopies....Pages 501-520
Modelling Canopy Exchanges of Water Vapor and Carbon Dioxide in Coniferous Forest Plantations....Pages 521-542
Correlated Vertical Wind Speeds in a Spruce Canopy....Pages 543-561
Spatial and Temporal Variation of Eddy Flux Measures of Heat and Momentum in the Roughness Sublayer Above a 30-m Douglas-Fir Forest....Pages 563-581
Eddy Diffusivity and Instrument Resolution in Relation to Plant Height....Pages 583-590
Variability of Short Term Eddy-Correlation Estimates of Mass Exchange....Pages 591-612
Some Estimates of Dissipation from Turbulent Velocity Component Gradients Over a Forest Canopy....Pages 613-630
Application of Forest Canopy—Atmosphere Turbulent Exchange Information....Pages 631-644
Measurements of Turbulent Heat and CO 2 Exchange Over Forests from Aircraft....Pages 645-658
Panel Discussion on Research Needs and Directions....Pages 659-664
Back Matter....Pages i-xix