Correcting non-linearity and slope effects in the estimation of the leaf area index of forests from hemispherical photographs

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 236-242

  Schleppi, Patrick ^a   Conedera, Marco ^a   Sedivy, Isabella ^a   Thimonier, Anne ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Forest; Hemispherical photography; Leaf angle; Leaf area index; Slope

Indexed keywords

CORRECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LEAF AREA INDEX; PHOTOGRAPH; SIMULATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 34248563779     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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