Snowy backgrounds enhance the absorption of visible light in forest canopies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Pinty, B ^a,b   Widlowski, J L ^a   Verstraete, M M ^a   Andredakis, I ^a   Arino, O ^b   Clerici, M ^a   Kaminski, T ^c   Taberner, M ^d  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^c FastOpt GmbH   (Germany)

^d PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION;

BIOCHEMICAL FUNCTIONS; CANOPY GAPS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DERIVED PRODUCTS; EVERGREEN FORESTS; FOREST CANOPIES; FOREST FLOORS; GLOBAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS PROCESS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RADIATION CONDITION; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; VISIBLE LIGHT;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION;

ABSORPTION; BOREAL FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FLOOR; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RADIATION BALANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW COVER; SOLAR RADIATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; SNOW; SUN LIGHT;

EID: 79952970035     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046417     Document Type: Article

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