Modeling tree root diameter and biomass by ground-penetrating radar

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 711-719

  Cui, Xi Hong ^a   Chen, Jin ^a   Shen, Jin Song ^b   Cao, Xin ^a   Chen, Xue Hong ^a   Zhu, Xiao Lin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

ground penetrating radar; root biomass; root diameter; tree root system

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ESTIMATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GHZ FREQUENCIES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; MATTER DENSITY; NONDESTRUCTIVE METHODS; PLANT ROOTS; PRACTICAL METHOD; PROFILE DATA; ROOT BIOMASS; ROOT DIAMETERS; ROOT SAMPLES; ROOT SYSTEM; ROOT VOLUME; TREE ROOT; TREE ROOT SYSTEM; WAVE SHAPE;

BIOMASS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; RADAR;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

BIOMASS; DIAMETER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ROOT SYSTEM; TREE;

EID: 79955070981     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4103-z     Document Type: Article

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