Determination of the tridimensional shape of canopy gaps using two hemispherical photographs

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 862-872

  Hu, Lile ^a,b,c   Zhu, Jiaojun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; Fisheye lens; Gap shape; Gap size; Shape index; Tridimensional shape of canopy gap (TSCG)

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; EQUATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHOTOGRAPH; SHAPE;

EID: 59349103718     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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