Quantifying the Effect of Canopy Architecture on Optical Measurements of Leaf Area Index Using Two Gap Size Analysis Methods

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 777-787

  Chen, Jing M ^a   Cihlar, Josef ^a  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP SIZE ANALYSIS METHOD; ELEMENT CLUMPING INDEX; FOLIAGE CLUMPING; LEAF AREA INDEX; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHOTON FLUX DENSITY;

CALCULATIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0029309561     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.387593     Document Type: Article

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