Infrared images of heat fields around a linear heater in tree trunks: What can be learned about sap flow measurement?

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 653-660

  Tributsch, Helmut ^a   Nadezhdina, Nadezhda ^b   Cermak, Jan ^b  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ellipse; Heat dissipation method; Heat field deformation method; Linear heater; Sensor geometry

Indexed keywords

ECCENTRICITY; ELLIPSE; HEAT TRANSFER; INFRARED IMAGERY; ISOTHERM; SAP FLOW; SENSOR; TREE;

EID: 33751547802     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2006046     Document Type: Article

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