Influence of canopy structure assumptions on predictions from Beer's law. A comparison of deterministic and stochastic simulations

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 61-77

  Larsen, David R ^a   Kershaw Jr , John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

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EID: 0040753910     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1923(95)02307-0     Document Type: Article

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