3D lidar imaging for detecting and understanding plant responses and canopy structure

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 881-898

  Omasa, Kenji ^a   Hosoi, Fumiki ^a   Konishi, Atsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Carbon stock; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Leaf temperature; Lidar; Photosynthesis; Plant growth; Remote sensing; Stomatal response; Three dimensional (3D) imaging

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH KINETICS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING;

CANOPY STRUCTURE; CARBON STOCKS; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; LEAF TEMPERATURE; PLANT GROWTH; STOMATAL RESPONSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGING;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

GENETIC PROCEDURES; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREE;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIGHT; PLANT LEAVES; TREES;

EID: 33847670226     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erl142     Document Type: Review

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