Simplified expressions for radiation scattering in canopies with ellipsoidal leaf angle distributions

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 230-235

  Flerchinger, G N ^a   Yu, Qiang ^b  

^a NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Long wave radiation; Multi layer canopy; Multi source canopy; PAR; Short wave radiation; Surface energy balance

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY FLUX; LEAF AREA INDEX; MICROCLIMATE; SIMULATION; SURFACE ENERGY;

EID: 34248582301     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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