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Arid Land Geography ›› 2023, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (3): 407-417.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2022.371

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Research progress on aerodynamic roughness

LI Xinyu(),WANG Jingpu(),WANG Zhoulong   

  1. School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, Shandong, China
  • Received:2022-07-22 Revised:2022-09-02 Online:2023-03-25 Published:2023-03-31
  • Contact: Jingpu WANG E-mail:lxywork1@163.com;wangjp@ldu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Aerodynamic roughness is defined as the height at which the wind speed becomes zero under neutral and stable conditions. It is an important parameter for measuring the momentum and energy exchange between the underlying surface and atmosphere, and it is critical for investigating various surface processes and climate change. However, it has always been difficult to estimate aerodynamic roughness accurately at the regional scale, and there is no unified estimation model presently. Therefore, the parameterization of aerodynamic roughness is a topic worthy of further study. As a long-range monitoring method, remote sensing technology has the advantages of macroscopic and rapid acquisition of ground feature information, and its ability to achieve dynamic monitoring at the regional scale or a larger scale in estimating the aerodynamic roughness of vegetation-covered surfaces. Therefore, using remote sensing technology to estimate aerodynamic roughness has become a hot issue at home and abroad in recent years. In this study, the progress of research on aerodynamic roughness at home and abroad in recent years is systematically described. The estimation methods are divided into two categories: one is based on measured data, and the other is the remote sensing method, which is rapidly advancing. This study primarily introduces the method of estimating the aerodynamic roughness of the underlying surface of vegetation by remote sensing technology. Methods based on measured data include the canopy height fixed ratio method, field experiment method, and wind tunnel method; remote sensing methods include vegetation index, LIDAR, and multisource remote sensing synergistic methods. In addition, the advantages and disadvantages of the different methods are summarized at the end of each section. Finally, this study analyses the influence of meteorological factors and morphological characteristics of surface roughness elements on aerodynamic roughness and discusses the development trends and problems of remote sensing techniques in estimating aerodynamic roughness, aiming to provide ideas for subsequent research on remote sensing monitoring of aerodynamic roughness.

Key words: aerodynamic roughness, remote sensing, research status, influencing factors