Estimation of plant area index of grasslands from measurements of canopy radiation profiles

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-12

  Wohlfahrt, Georg ^a   Sapinsky, Sigrid ^a   Tappeiner, Ulrike ^a,b   Cernusca, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Europaische Akademie Bozen   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Line quantum sensor; Model; Mountain grassland; PPFD

Indexed keywords

CANOPY REFLECTANCE; GRASSLAND; LEAF AREA INDEX; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035425810     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(01)00259-3     Document Type: Article

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