Light transmittance in forest canopies determined using airborne laser altimetry and in-canopy quantum measurements

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 298-309

  Parker, Geoffrey G ^a   Lefsky, Michael A ^b   Harding, David J ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Pacific Northwest Experiment Station   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BALLOONS; ECOLOGY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; RADIATION;

CANOPY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION(PAR); TRANSMITTANCE;

FORESTRY;

ALTIMETRY; FOREST CANOPY; LASER; LIGHT; REMOTE SENSING; TRANSMITTANCE;

EID: 0034990486     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(00)00211-X     Document Type: Article

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