A comparison of near-surface potential temperature variance budgets for unstable atmospheric flows over vegetated and non-vegetated flat surfaces and a gentle slope

Chaoxun Hang1, Daniel Nadeau2, Eric Pardyjak3 and Marc B Parlange1, (1)Monash University, Department of Civil Engineering, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, (2)Laval University, Civil and Water Engineering, Quebec City, QC, Canada, (3)University of Utah, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, United States