On the potential for high-resolution lidar to improve rainfall interception estimates in forest ecosystems

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 421-428

  Roth, Brian E ^a   Slatton, K Clint ^a,b   Cohen, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LIDAR; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SPATIAL DATA; WATER BUDGET; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 35048869826     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2007)5[421:OTPFHL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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