Current Funded Research

 

NSF (Physical and Dynamic Meteorology Program):

Collaborative Research: Measurement and Modeling of Aerodynamic Interactions between Tree-Sway-Motion and Turbulence in and above a Forest Canopy (2009-2012)

 

Past Funded Research

 

DOE (NIGEC – Midwestern Center):

UMBS (University of Michigan Biological Station) AmeriFlux Site:

Mass and Energy Exchange in a Northern Hardwood Ecosystem (2003-2006)

 

DOE (NIGEC – Midwestern Center):

MMSF (Morgan-Monroe State Forest, Indiana University) AmeriFlux Site:

Forest-Atmosphere Exchange of CO2 over a Mixed Hardwood Ecosystem in the Midwest (2003-2006)

 

Undergraduate Research

 

Urban Heat Island and Energy Consumption

 

 

 

 

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

 

Su, H.-B., Schmid, H.P., Vogel, C.S., & Curtis, P.S. (2008).  Effects of canopy morphology and thermal stability on mean flow and turbulence statistics inside a mixed hardwaood forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148, 862-882. PDF

 

Gough, C.M., Vogel, C.S., Schmid, H.P., Su, H.-B., & Curtis, P.S. (2008).  Multi-year convergence of biometric and meteorological estimates of forest carbon storage. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148, 158-170. PDF

 

Noormets, A., Desai, A.R., Cook, B.D., Euskirchen, E.S., Ricciuto, D.M., Davis, K.J., Bolstad, P.V., Schmid, H.P., Vogel, C.S., Carey, E.V., Su, H.-B., Chen, J., (2008).  Moisture sensitivity of ecosystem respiration: Comparison of 14 forest ecosystems in the Upper Great Lakes Region, USA. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148, 216-230. PDF

 

Su, H.-B., Schmid, H.P., Grimmond, C.S.B, Vogel, C.S., & Curtis, P.S. (2008).  An assessment of observed vertical flux divergence in long-term eddy-covariance measurements over two Midwestern forest ecosystems. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148, 186-205. PDF

 

Curtis, P.S., Vogel, C.S., Gough, C.M., Schmid, H.P., Su, H.-B., Bovard, B.D., (2005).  Respiratory Carbon Losses and the Carbon-Use Efficiency of a Northern Hardwood Forest, 1999-2003. New Phytologist, 167, 437-456. PDF

 

Froelich, N.J. , Schmid, H.P., Grimmond, C.S.B., Su, H.-B., & Oliphant, A.J. (2005).  Flow Divergence and Density Flows above and below a Deciduous Forest Part I. Non-zero Mean Vertical Wind above Canopy. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 133, 140-152. PDF

 

Bovard, B.D., Curtis, P.S., Vogel, C.S., Su, H.-B., & Schmid, H.P. (2004).  Environmental Controls on Sap Flow in a Northern Hardwood Forest. Tree Physiology, 25, 31-38. PDF

 

Oliphant, A.J., Grimmond, C.S.B., Zutter, H.N., Schmid, H.P., Su, H.-B., Scott, S.L.; Offerle, B.; Randolph, J.C.; Ehman, J., (2004).  Heat Storage and Energy Balance Fluxes for a Temperate Deciduous Forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 126, 185-201. PDF

 

Rocha, A.V., Su, H.-B., Vogel, C.S., Schmid, H.P., & Curtis, P.S. (2004).  Photosynthetic and Water Use Efficiency Responses to Diffuse Radiation by an Aspen-Dominated Northern Hardwood Forest. Forest Science, 50(6), 793-801. PDF

 

Su, H.-B., Schmid, H.P., Grimmond, C.S.B., Vogel, C.S., & Oliphant, A.J. (2004).  Spectral Characteristics and Correction of Long-Term Eddy-Covariance Measurements over Two Mixed Hardwood Forests in Non-Flat Terrain. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 110, 213-253. PDF

 

Schmid, H.P., Su, H.-B., Vogel, C.S., & Curtis, P.S. (2003).  Ecosystem-Atmosphere Exchange of Carbon Dioxide over a Mixed Hardwood Forest in Northern Lower Michigan. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, NO. D, doi:10.1029/2002JD003011. PDF

 

Villani, M.G., Schmid, H.P., Su, H.-B., Hutton, J.L., & Vogel, C.S. (2003).  Turbulence statistics measurements in a northern hardwood forest. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 108, 343-364. PDF

 

Schmid, H.P., Grimmond, C.S.B., Cropley, F., Offerle, B., & Su, H.-B. (2000).  Measurements of CO2 and energy fluxes over a mixed hardwood forest in the mid-western United States. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 103, 357-374. PDF

 

Su, H.-B., Shaw, R.H., & Paw U, K.T. (2000).  Two-point correlation analysis of neutrally stratified flow within and above forest from large-eddy simulation. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 94, 423-460. PDF

 

Su, H.-B., Shaw, R.H., Paw U, K.T., Moeng, C.-H., & Sullivan, P.P. (1998).  Turbulent statistics of neutrally stratified flow within and above a sparse forest from large-eddy simulation and field observations. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 88, 363-397. PDF

 

Su, H.-B., Paw U, K.T., & Shaw, R.H. (1996).  Development of a coupled leaf and canopy model for the simulation of plant-atmosphere interaction. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 35, 733-748. PDF

 

Paw U, K.T., Qiu, J., Su, H.-B., Watanabe, T., & Brunet, Y. (1995).  Surface renewal analysis: a new method to obtain scalar fluxes. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 74, 119-137. PDF

 

Su, H.-B. & Hong, Z.-X. (1994).  An experimental study of turbulence in Northern suburban surface layer of Beijing. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 18 (4), 405-416. PDF

 

 

 

 

Book Chapter

 

 

Paw U, K.T., Snyder, R.L., Spano, D., & Su, H.-B. (2005). Surface Renewal Estimates of Scalar Exchange. In J.L. Hatfield and J.M. Baker (Ed.) Micrometeorology in Agricultural Systems, Agronomy Monograph No. 47, (pp. 455-483). Madison, WI: ASA-CSSA-SSSA Publishers. PDF

 

 

 

 

 

Book Review

 

Su, H.-B. (2006).  Book Review: Handbook for Micrometeorology, A Guide for Surface Flux Measurement and Analysis. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 136, 80-82. PDF

 

 

 

Conference Presentations and Proceedings

 

 

Su, H.-B., Rudnicki, M., Hiscox, A., Webb, V., Miller, D.: 2009. Large-Eddy Simulation of the Aerodynamic Interactions between Canopy Roughness Sublayer Turbulence and Tree-Sway Motions. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Wind Effects on Trees. 13-16 October, Freiburg, Germany.

 

Su, H.-B.: 2008. Effects of canopy morphology and thermal stability on turbulence spectra, structure functions and lagged two-point correlations observed inside a mixed hardwood forest. American Meteorological Society 28th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Paper No. J2.5, Orlando, FL.

 

Su, H.-B., Patton, E.G.: 2006, 'Large-Eddy Simulation of the Roughness Sublayer within and above Forest Canopies and Its Transition to the Outer Regions of the Atmospheric Boundary Layers'. American Meteorological Society 17th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Paper No. J2.3, San Diego, CA.

 

Su, H.-B., Schmid, H.P., Vogel, C.S., Curtis, P.S.: 2006, 'Seasonal Variation of Turbulence Characteristics in and above a Mixed Hardwood Forest at the UMBS AmeriFlux Site'. American Meteorological Society 27th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Paper No. 1.7, San Diego, CA.

 

Su, H.-B., Schmid, H.P., Grimmond, C.S.B., Vogel, C.S., Curtis, P.S.: 2004, 'Is Flux Divergence in the Tower Layer Important in Estimating Annual NEE Using Eddy-Covariance Measurements?'. Electronic Abstract in CD-ROM. American Meteorological Society 26th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Paper No. 2.7, Vancouver, Canada.

 

Grimmond, C.S.B., Su, H.-B., Offerle, B., Crawford, B., Scott, S., Zhong, S., Clements, C.: 2004, 'Variability of Sensible Heat Fluxes in a Suburban Area of Oklahoma City', Proceedings of Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone, and Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, American Meteorological Society, Seattle, WA.

 

Su, H.-B.: 2002, 'Large-Eddy Simulation of Diffusion from/to Line and Point Sources/Sinks inside a Forest'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 15th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 364-365, Wageningen, the Netherlands.

 

Su, H.-B., Grimmond, C.S.B.: 2002, 'Modeling the Local Climatology of Mixing Layer Heights over Two Midlatitude Hardwood Forests'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 15th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 520-523, Wageningen, the Netherlands.

 

Su, H.-B., Schmid, H.P., Grimmond, C.S.B., Vogel, C.S., Oliphant, A.J.: 2002, 'Spectral Analyses of Long-Term Eddy-Covariance Measurements over Hardwood Forests'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 25th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 75-76, Norfolk, VA.

 

Villani, M.G., Schmid, H.P., Su, H.-B.: 2002, 'Turbulence Statistics and Spectra in and above a Hardwood Forest Canopy for Lagrangian Stochastic Model Applications'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 25th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 18-19, Norfolk, VA.

 

Zutter, H.N., Grimmond, C.S.B., Oliphant, A.J., Schmid, H.P., Su, H.-B., Ciasto, L.: 2002, 'Convective Boundary Layer Development over a Mid-Latitude Deciduous Forest'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 25th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 134-135, Norfolk, VA.

 

Oliphant, A.J., Schmid, H.P., Grimmond, C.S.B., Su, H.-B., Scott, S., Vogel, C.S.: 2002, 'The Role of Cloud Cover in Net Ecosystem Exchange of CO2, over Two Mid-Western Hardwood Forests'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 25th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 77-78, Norfolk, VA.

 

Ciasto, L., Grimmond, C.S.B., Zutter, H.N., Oliphant, A.J., Su, H.-B., Schmid, H.P.: 2002, 'Evaluation of Simple Method to Estimate Surface Heat Fluxes for a Midwestern Deciduous Forest, USA'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 25th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 183-184, Norfolk, VA.

 

Su, H.-B., Schmid, H.P., Grimmond, C.S.B., Vogel, C.S., Curtis, P.S.: 2000, 'Temporal and Spatial Variability of Mean Flow and Turbulent Characteristics over a Deciduous Forest'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 14th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 318-321, Aspen, CO.

 

Schmid, H.P., Su, H.-B., Vogel, C.S., Curtis, P.S.: 2000, 'Nighttime Turbulence Statistics and Trace Gas Exchange in a Mixed Deciduous Forest'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 14th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 555-558, Aspen, CO.

 

Su, H.-B., Schmid, H.P., Grimmond, C.S.B., Vogel, C.S., Curtis, P.S.: 2000, 'Correlation and Structure Function Analysis in the Quality Assessment of Long-Term Eddy-Covariance Measurement over a Deciduous Forest'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 24th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 215-216, Davis, CA.

 

Schmid, H.P., Grimmond, C.S.B., Cropley, F., Su, H.-B., Vogel, C.S., Curtis, P.S.: 2000, 'Variability of Energy Vapor and CO2 Exchange over Two Midwestern Deciduous Forests'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 24th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 164-165, Davis, CA.

 

Grimmond, C.S.B., Schmid, H.P., Hanson, P.J., Wullschleger, S.D., Cropley, F., Su, H.-B., Offerle, B., Scott, S.: 2000, 'Ecosystem Evaporation, Transpiration and Sub-Canopy Vapor Fluxes at the Morgan Monroe State Forest, Indiana'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 24th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 138-139, Davis, CA.

 

Ehman, J.L., Schmid, H.P., Grimmond, C.S.B., Randolph, J.C., Wayson, C.A., Hanson, P.J., Cropley, F., Su, H.-B., Scott, S., Offerle, B.: 2000, 'A Preliminary Intercomparison of Micrometeorological and Ecological Estimates of Carbon Sequestration in a Mid-Latitude Deciduous Forest for 1998 and 1999'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 24th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 140-141, Davis, CA.

 

Su, H.-B., Leclerc, M.Y.: 1999, 'Large-Eddy Simulation of Near-Field Mean Concentrations and Vertical Fluxes of Passive Tracers Released from Infinite Crosswind Line Sources inside a Forest'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 13th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 535-538, Dallas, TX.

 

Su, H.-B., Leclerc, M.Y.: 1998, 'Large-Eddy Simulation of Tracer Footprints from Infinite Crosswind Line Sources inside a Forest'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 23rd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 388-391, Albuquerque, NM.

 

Su, H.-B., Paw U, K.T., Shaw, R.H., Moeng, C.-H.: 1998, 'Large-Eddy Simulation of Pressure-Gradient-Velocity Covariance and Its Parameterization within and above a Forest'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 23rd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 229-232, Albuquerque, NM.

 

Su, H.-B., Shaw, R.H., Paw U, K.T.: 1997, 'Two-Point Correlation Analysis of Flow within and above a Forest from Large-Eddy Simulation'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 12th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 399-400, Vancouver, Canada.

 

Paw U, K.T., Vogt, R., Shaw, R.H., Hsiao, T., Moles, A., Su, H.-B., Yang, B.: 1997, 'Coherent Structures and Turbulent Statistics above and within Maize Plant Canopies: Observations, Analysis and Modeling'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 12th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 391-392, Vancouver, Canada.

 

Su, H.-B., Paw U, K.T., Shaw, R.H.: 1996, 'Development of a Coupled Leaf and Canopy Model for the Simulation of Plant-Atmosphere Interaction'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 22nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, J33-J35, Atlanta, GA.

 

Su, H.-B., Shaw, R.H., Paw U, K.T., Moeng, C.-H., Sullivan, P.P.: 1996, 'Modeling Forest-Atmosphere Interactions by Coupling a Large-Eddy Simulation with a Leaf and Canopy Model'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 22nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, J39-J40, Atlanta, GA.

 

Paw U, K.T., Su, H.-B., Charlevoix, D., Hsiao, T. C.: 1996, 'Testing of an Advanced Plant Physiological Leaf Model Linked with a Plant-Atmosphere Higher-Order Closure Turbulence Model for Response to Elevated CO2 Concentration'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 22nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, J58-J59, Atlanta, GA.

 

Paw U, K.T., Su, H.-B., Braaten, D.A.: 1996, 'The Usage of Structure Functions in Estimating Water Vapor and Carbon Dioxide Exchange between Plant Canopies and the Atmosphere'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 22nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, J14-J15, Atlanta, GA.

 

Paw U, K.T., Su, H.-B.: 1994, 'The Usage of Structure Functions in Studying Turbulent Coherent Structures and Estimating Sensible Heat Flux'. Preprint, American Meteorological Society 21st Conference on Agricultural and Forest.