Comparison of methods for measuring gap size distribution and canopy nonrandomness at Järvselja RAMI (RAdiation transfer Model Intercomparison) test sites

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-377

  Pisek, Jan ^a   Lang, Mait ^b   Nilson, Tiit ^a   Korhonen, Lauri ^c   Karu, Helen ^d  

^a TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Clumping index; Gap fraction; Leaf inclination angle

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CANOPY GAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLIAGE; LEAF; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFLECTANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; ZENITH ANGLE;

ESTONIA; JARVSELJA;

EID: 78651460235     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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