Detecting differences in crown transparency assessments between countries using the image analysis system croco

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-195

  Mizoue, Nobuya ^a   Dobbertin, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crown transparency; Forest health monitoring; Image analysis; Reference score

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CROWN TRANSPARENCY ASSESSMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DETECTION METHOD; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FOREST CANOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ABIES; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BEECH; CALCULATION; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NORWAY SPRUCE; OAK; PINE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AUTOMATION; CONIFEROPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; REFERENCE VALUES; TREES;

EUROPE;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 0242364117     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026044701939     Document Type: Article

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