Modelling the radiative transfer in discontinuous canopies of asymmetric crowns. I. Model structure and algorithms

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 101, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 263-274

  Cescatti, Alessandro ^a  

^a CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Crown shape; Light microclimate; Radiation regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030835832     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(97)00050-1     Document Type: Article

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