Canopy architecture and remote sensing of the fraction of photosynthetically active radiation absorbed by boreal conifer forests

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1353-1368

  Chen, Jing M ^a  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BOREAL CONIFER FORESTS; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0030291768     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.544559     Document Type: Article

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