Automatic thresholding for digital hemispherical photography

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2208-2216

  Ishida, Megumi ^a,b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; FORESTRY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SENSORS;

AUTOMATIC THRESHOLDING; BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; CANOPY ELEMENTS; OVERCAST;

PHOTOGRAPHY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CANOPY GAP; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; FOREST CANOPY; LEAVES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTATIONS; SENSORS; TRANSMITTANCE;

EID: 14844299905     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-103     Document Type: Article

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