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_id: '12858'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: To contribute to a better understanding of the dynamics of the atmosphere
    inside and above a forest, vertical profiles are flown with a remotely-controlled
    multicopter in the Steinkrug forest. This area is located over a slope in the
    Solling natural area in Lower Saxony (Germany), composed mostly of deciduous trees
    about 30 m tall. Fifteen vertical flights made near sunset between summer 2019
    and spring 2020 were inspected from the surface to 100 m above ground level. These
    measurements provide information on the vertical structures of wind and temperature
    within and above the canopy, including the effects of shallow slope flows near
    the ground. Contrasting measurements downhill outside the forest were also made.
    The gathered data allow estimated profiles of the turbulent fluxes of sensible
    heat and momentum to be obtained by computing averages and fluctuations for layers
    of 5 m depth. A leaf area density profile in both leafy and leafless conditions
    could also be produced. The presence of a slope flow is inspected at both sites,
    and the applicability of existing theories is explored.
author:
- first_name: Burkhard
  full_name: Wrenger, Burkhard
  id: '21024'
  last_name: Wrenger
- first_name: Joan
  full_name: Cuxart, Joan
  last_name: Cuxart
citation:
  ama: Wrenger B, Cuxart J. Vertical profiles of temperature, wind, and turbulent
    fluxes across a deciduous forest over a slope observed with a UAV. <i>Frontiers
    in Earth Science</i>. 2024;12. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1159679">10.3389/feart.2024.1159679</a>
  apa: Wrenger, B., &#38; Cuxart, J. (2024). Vertical profiles of temperature, wind,
    and turbulent fluxes across a deciduous forest over a slope observed with a UAV.
    <i>Frontiers in Earth Science</i>, <i>12</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1159679">https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1159679</a>
  bjps: <b>Wrenger B and Cuxart J</b> (2024) Vertical Profiles of Temperature, Wind,
    and Turbulent Fluxes across a Deciduous Forest over a Slope Observed with a UAV.
    <i>Frontiers in Earth Science</i> <b>12</b>.
  chicago: Wrenger, Burkhard, and Joan Cuxart. “Vertical Profiles of Temperature,
    Wind, and Turbulent Fluxes across a Deciduous Forest over a Slope Observed with
    a UAV.” <i>Frontiers in Earth Science</i> 12 (2024). <a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1159679">https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1159679</a>.
  chicago-de: Wrenger, Burkhard und Joan Cuxart. 2024. Vertical profiles of temperature,
    wind, and turbulent fluxes across a deciduous forest over a slope observed with
    a UAV. <i>Frontiers in Earth Science</i> 12. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1159679">10.3389/feart.2024.1159679</a>,
    .
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Wrenger, Burkhard</span> ;
    <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Cuxart, Joan</span>: Vertical profiles
    of temperature, wind, and turbulent fluxes across a deciduous forest over a slope
    observed with a UAV. In: <i>Frontiers in Earth Science</i> Bd. 12. Lausanne, Frontiers
    Media SA (2024)'
  havard: B. Wrenger, J. Cuxart, Vertical profiles of temperature, wind, and turbulent
    fluxes across a deciduous forest over a slope observed with a UAV, Frontiers in
    Earth Science. 12 (2024).
  ieee: 'B. Wrenger and J. Cuxart, “Vertical profiles of temperature, wind, and turbulent
    fluxes across a deciduous forest over a slope observed with a UAV,” <i>Frontiers
    in Earth Science</i>, vol. 12, 2024, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1159679">10.3389/feart.2024.1159679</a>.'
  mla: Wrenger, Burkhard, and Joan Cuxart. “Vertical Profiles of Temperature, Wind,
    and Turbulent Fluxes across a Deciduous Forest over a Slope Observed with a UAV.”
    <i>Frontiers in Earth Science</i>, vol. 12, 2024, <a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1159679">https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1159679</a>.
  short: B. Wrenger, J. Cuxart, Frontiers in Earth Science 12 (2024).
  ufg: '<b>Wrenger, Burkhard/Cuxart, Joan</b>: Vertical profiles of temperature, wind,
    and turbulent fluxes across a deciduous forest over a slope observed with a UAV,
    in: <i>Frontiers in Earth Science</i> 12 (2024).'
  van: Wrenger B, Cuxart J. Vertical profiles of temperature, wind, and turbulent
    fluxes across a deciduous forest over a slope observed with a UAV. Frontiers in
    Earth Science. 2024;12.
date_created: 2025-04-24T07:52:46Z
date_updated: 2025-04-24T08:30:39Z
department:
- _id: DEP8018
- _id: DEP8025
doi: 10.3389/feart.2024.1159679
intvolume: '        12'
language:
- iso: eng
place: Lausanne
publication: Frontiers in Earth Science
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2296-6463
publication_status: published
publisher: Frontiers Media SA
status: public
title: Vertical profiles of temperature, wind, and turbulent fluxes across a deciduous
  forest over a slope observed with a UAV
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83781'
volume: 12
year: '2024'
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