Assessment of in situ crop LAI measurement using unidirectional view digital photography

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 169, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-34

  Liu, Jiangui ^a   Pattey, Elizabeth ^a   Admiral, Stuart ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Clumping index; Corn; Gap fraction; Green plant area index; Leaf area index; Soybean; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANOPY; DIGITAL IMAGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; FOLIAGE; GAP DYNAMICS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LEAF AREA INDEX; MAIZE; NADIR; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOYBEAN; WHEAT;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VIRIDIPLANTAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84869870579     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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