Review of methods for in situ leaf area index (LAI) determination Part II. Estimation of LAI, errors and sampling

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 37-53

  Weiss, M ^a   Baret, F ^b   Smith, G J ^c   Jonckheere, I ^d   Coppin, P ^d  

^a NOVELTIS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clumping; Gap fraction; Ground measurements; Leaf area index; Leaf orientation; Sampling scheme

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; LEAF AREA INDEX; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING;

EID: 0347301547     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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