Optics of sunlit water drops on leaves: Conditions under which sunburn is possible

New Phytologist

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 979-987

  Egri, Ádám ^a   Horváth, Ákos ^b   Kriska, György ^a   Horváth, Gábor ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental optics; Leaf burn; Phyto optics; Plant leaf; Ray tracing; Solar radiation; Sunburn; Water drop

Indexed keywords

WATER;

DICOTYLEDON; DROPLET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERN; LEAF; RAY TRACING; SOLAR RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; ACER; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FERN; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SORBUS; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ABSORPTION; ACER; FERNS; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; SORBUS; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES; FILICOPHYTA; GINKGO BILOBA; SALVINIA NATANS;

EID: 77949333871     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03150.x     Document Type: Article

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