Application of geostatistics to characterize leaf area index (LAI) from flux tower to landscape scales using a cyclic sampling design

Ecosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 667-679

  Burrows, S N ^a   Gower, S T ^a   Clayton, M K ^b   Mackay, D S ^a   Ahl, D E ^a   Norman, John M ^a   Diak, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic sampling design; Eddy covariance; Eddy flux; Geostatistics; Leaf area index (LAI); Sampling; Variogram

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICS; LEAF AREA INDEX; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0036863336     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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