Modelling the radiative transfer in discontinuous canopies of asymmetric crowns. II. Model testing and application in a Norway spruce stand

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 101, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 275-284

  Cescatti, Alessandro ^a  

^a CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canopy architecture; Diffuse radiation; PCA; Picea abies; Shoot structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030840906     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(97)00055-0     Document Type: Article

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