Field characterization of olive (Olea europaea L.) tree crown architecture using terrestrial laser scanning data

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 204-214

  Moorthy, Inian ^a   Miller, John R ^a,b   Berni, Jose Antonio Jimenez ^c   Zarco Tejada, Pablo ^c   Hu, Baoxin ^b   Chen, Jing ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biophysical parameters; ILRIS 3D; Laser scanning; Olea europaea L.

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST INVENTORY; LASER METHOD; LIDAR; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; REMOTE SENSING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TREE PLANTING; VEGETATION COVER;

ANDALUCIA; CORDOBA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 78650177084     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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