Development of a laser scanner for measuring tree canopy characteristics: Phase 2. Foliage density measurement

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1595-1601

  Wei, J ^a   Salyani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary smoothing; Citrus tree; Foliage density; Laser scanner

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); LASER BEAM EFFECTS; VEGETATION;

BOUNDARY SMOOTHING; CITRUS TREE; FOLIAGE DENSITY; LASER SCANNER;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY;

DENSITY; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; PLANTS;

CITRUS;

EID: 26844457575     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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