Relationship between oxidant-based AOT40 and forest environmental conditions of damaged Japanese cedars in the kanto plains

Journal of Global Environment Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue , 2007, Pages 51-61

  Ishii, Takashi ^a   Matsumura, Hideyuki ^a   Hayami, Hiroshi ^a   Kohno, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollutant; AOT40; Forest decline; GIS; Japanese cedar

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; LEAF AREA INDEX; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OXIDANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KANTO PLAIN;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

EID: 41849093719     PISSN: 13411268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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