Characterizing canopy nonrandomness with a multiband vegetation imager (MVI)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 29455-29473

  Kucharik, C J ^a   Norman, J M ^a   Murdock, L M ^a   Gower, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL ECOSYSTEM-ATMOSPHERE STUDY; BOREAL FOREST; BOREAS; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CANOPY NONRANDOMNESS; CHARGED-COUPLED DEVICE; FOREST CANOPY; LAI; LEAF AREA INDEX; MULTIBAND VEGETATION IMAGER; NEAR INFRARED WAVELENGTH; VISIBLE WAVELENGTH;

POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SALICACEAE;

EID: 0031433760     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd01175     Document Type: Article

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