Comparison and sensitivity analysis of instruments and radiometric methods for LAI estimation: Assessments from a boreal forest site

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 157-174

  Hyer, Edward J ^a   Goetz, Scott J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Canopy; Interception; LAI; PAR; Sensitivity; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BOREAL FOREST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 1542680333     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2003.09.013     Document Type: Article

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