Estimating the three-dimensional structure of canopy foliage based on the light measurements in a Betula ermanii stand

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 148, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1293-1304

  Kubo, Takuya ^a   Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi ^b   Kato, Kyoko ^a   Nishimura, Seiichi ^c   Uemura, Shigeru ^a   Ono, Kiyomi ^a   Sumida, Akihiro ^a   Hara, Toshihiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Evapotranspiration; Foliage configuration; LAI; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FIELD METHOD; FOLIAGE; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; LEAF AREA INDEX; MARKOV CHAIN; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; STAND STRUCTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPIRATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

BETULA ERMANII; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA;

EID: 44749083058     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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