用植物叶片运动反推风速,实现低成本远程测风。
Visual anemometry of natural vegetation from their leaf motion
- 通过分离叶片与枝干运动,建立基于叶片振速的风速估算公式。
- 在低至中等风速下,公式预测误差小于15%,跨多种植物验证有效。
- 无需设备部署,适合野外快速监测,尤其适用于偏远地区。
高分辨率、近地面风速数据对提升天气预报精度、支持火灾防控及飞机起降安全至关重要。传统定量测风依赖现场仪器或多普勒雷达等复杂遥感技术。尽管植被受风扰动的运动特性复杂,但本研究发现,在低至中等风速($U_{wind}$)条件下,叶片运动可与支撑枝干解耦。基于叶雷诺数,提出公式 $U_{wind}≈740\sqrt{μU_{leaf}/ρD}$,仅需叶片尺寸 $D$、实测振速均方根 $U_{leaf}$、空气黏度 $μ$ 及密度 $ρ$ 即可反推风速。该公式经第一性原理模型验证,并在实验室与野外对橡树、橄榄树、木兰、樟树及牛筋草等多种植物进行测试,结果一致可靠。本研究开启了一种利用自然植被实现全球范围低成本、快速、远程定量风速测量的新范式。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
High-resolution, near-ground wind-speed data are critical for improving the accuracy of weather predictions and climate models,$^{1-3}$ supporting wildfire control efforts,$^{4-7}$ and ensuring the safe passage of airplanes during takeoff and landing maneouvers.$^{8,9}$ Quantitative wind speed anemometry generally employs on-site instrumentation for accurate single-position data or sophisticated remote techniques such as Doppler radar for quantitative field measurements. It is widely recognized that the wind-induced motion of vegetation depends in a complex manner on their structure and mechanical properties, obviating their use in quantitative anemometry.$^{10-14}$ We analyze measurements on a host of different vegetation showing that leaf motion can be decoupled from the leaf's branch and support structure, at low-to-moderate wind speed, $U_{wind}$. This wind speed range is characterized by a leaf Reynolds number, enabling the development of a remote, quantitative anemometry method based on the formula, $U_{wind}\approx740\sqrt{μU_{leaf}/ρD}$, that relies only on the leaf size $D$, its measured fluctuating (RMS) speed $U_{leaf}$, the air viscosity $μ$, and its mass density $ρ$. This formula is corroborated by a first-principles model and validated using a host of laboratory and field tests on diverse vegetation types, ranging from oak, olive, and magnolia trees through to camphor and bullgrass. The findings of this study open the door to a new paradigm in anemometry, using natural vegetation to enable remote and rapid quantitative field measurements at global locations with minimal cost.
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