Starting with the description of meteorological variables in forest canopies and its parameter variations, a numerical three-dimentional model is developed. Its applicability is demonstrated, first, by wind sheltering effects of hedges and, second, by the effects of deforestation on local climate in complex terrain. Scientists in ecology, agricultural botany and meteorology, but also urban and regional lanners will profit from this study finding the most effective solution for their specific problems.
Supported by the German Federal Weather System a numerical model for simulating meteorological phenomena, induced by deforestation was developed and tested. The book can be recommended especially to meteorologists, ecologists and forest scientists, but also urban and regional planners will profit from it.
Günter Groß
Canopy flow Deforestation Forest meteorology Forstwirtschaft Mesoscale Modelle Mesoscale Modelling Meteorologie Mikrometeorologie Windströmungen Windsttrömung ecology forest forestry simulation wind