Comparison of film and digital hemispherical photography across a wide range of canopy densities

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-56

  Hale, Sophie E ^a   Edwards, Colin ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy light gaps; Coniferous forest; Hemispherical photography; Leaf area index; Light

Indexed keywords

FOREST CANOPY; LEAF AREA INDEX; PHOTOGRAPHY; TRANSMITTANCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0037206008     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(02)00042-4     Document Type: Article

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