Ground monitoring the light-shadow windows of a tree canopy to yield canopy light interception and morphological traits

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 783-796

  Giuliani, Rita ^a   Magnanini, Eugenio ^a   Fragassa, Cristiano ^a   Nerozzi, Fabrizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ARPA Servizio Meteorologico Regionale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canopy reconstruction; Canopy tomography; Computer imaging; Gas exchange; Global radiation; Image processing; Light scanner; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; INTERCEPTION; LIGHT; MONITORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0033854599     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2000.00600.x     Document Type: Review

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