Analytical determination and numerical computation of extinction coefficients for vegetation with given leaf distribution

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1501-1509

  Acem, Z ^a   Lamorlette, A ^a   Collin, A ^a   Boulet, P ^a  

^a NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Absorption; Extinction; Radiative properties; Ray tracing method; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS; ANALYTICAL DETERMINATIONS; ANALYTICAL FORMULATIONS; ANALYTICAL RELATIONS; EXTINCTION; EXTINCTION CO-EFFICIENT; EXTREMOPHILE; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUMS; MEAN FREE PATHS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL TOOLS; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; RAY TRACING METHOD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITIES; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTIONS;

ABSORPTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; NUMBER THEORY; VEGETATION;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 67349264433     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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