A balloon for microclimate observations within the forest canopy

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 173-177

  Parker, Geoffrey G ^a   Stone, Peter J ^a   Bowers, David ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy access; Helium balloon; Photosynthetically active radiation; Spatial variation; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

BALLOON DESIGN; FOREST CANOPY; MICROCLIMATE OBSERVATION; WITHIN- CANOPY OBSERVATION;

EID: 0029668151     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405026     Document Type: Article

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