Using fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing to measure ground surface temperature in thinned and unthinned forests

Northwest Science

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-121

  Lutz, James A ^a   Martin, Kael A ^b   Lundquist, Jessica D ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FLOOR; HETEROGENEITY; LATITUDE; LIGHT EFFECT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; OVERSTORY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND DYNAMICS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

EID: 84862103260     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/046.086.0203     Document Type: Article

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