Factors contributing to accuracy in the estimation of the woody canopy leaf area density profile using 3D portable lidar imaging

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3463-3473

  Hosoi, Fumiki ^a   Omasa, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese zelkova; Leaf area density (LAD); Leaf area index (LAI); Portable scanning lidar; Three dimensional (3D) imaging; Voxel based canopy profiling (VCP); Woody canopy structure

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADAR IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

JAPANESE ZELKOVA; LEAF AREA DENSITY (LAD); LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); PORTABLE SCANNING LIDAR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGING; VOXEL-BASED CANOPY PROFILING (VCP); WOODY CANOPY STRUCTURE;

VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; PLANT LEAF;

PLANT LEAVES;

ZELKOVA SERRATA;

EID: 35848948621     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm203     Document Type: Article

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