Joint effect of angular distribution of radiation and spatial pattern of trees on radiation interception

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-51

  Lappi, Juha ^a   Stenberg, Pauline ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Beer's law; Direct radiation; Interception; PAR; Spatial pattern; Sun angle

Indexed keywords

INTERCEPTION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREE;

EID: 0032191625     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(98)00112-4     Document Type: Article

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