Optimizing the sampling scheme for LAI-2000 measurements in a boreal forest

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 154-155, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-

  Majasalmi, Titta ^a   Rautiainen, Miina ^a   Stenberg, Pauline ^a   Rita, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

LAI; Leaf area index; Plant Canopy Analyzer; Sampling design

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FIELD METHOD; LEAF AREA INDEX; OPTIMIZATION; PRECISION; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

FINLAND; HYYTIALA; PIRKANMAA;

BETULA PENDULA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84858114898     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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