Radiative transfer modeling of a coniferous canopy characterized by airborne remote sensing

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 228-241

  Essery, Richard ^a,f   Bunting, Peter ^a   Hardy, Janet ^b   Link, Tim ^c   Marks, Danny ^d   Melloh, Rae ^b   Pomeroy, John ^e   Rowlands, Aled ^a   Rutter, Nick ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AIRBORNE SENSING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 54449096834     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JHM870.1     Document Type: Article

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