Using airborne lidar to predict Leaf Area Index in cottonwood trees and refine riparian water-use estimates

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-15

  Farid, A ^a   Goodrich, D C ^b   Bryant, R ^b   Sorooshian, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cottonwood; Leaf Area Index; Lidar; Riparian; San Pedro River Basin

Indexed keywords

COTTON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN ZONE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE;

NORTH AMERICA; SAN PEDRO BASIN [(RVB) NORTH AMERICA];

POPULUS;

EID: 36248993412     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.04.010     Document Type: Review

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