A direct approach for quantifying stream shading

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-345

  Clark, Patrick E ^a   Johnson, Douglas E ^b   Hardegree, Stuart P ^a  

^a NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field technique; Image analysis; Measurement; Monitoring; Riparian; Solar radiation; Stream temperature; Water quality

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHADING; SOLAR RADIATION; STREAM; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 62149091827     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/07-012.1     Document Type: Article

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