Is the spherical leaf inclination angle distribution a valid assumption for temperate and boreal broadleaf tree species?

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 169, Issue , 2013, Pages 186-194

  Pisek, Jan ^a   Sonnentag, Oliver ^b,c   Richardson, Andrew D ^c   Mõttus, Matti ^d  

^a TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Digital photography; G function; Gap fraction; Leaf inclination angle

Indexed keywords

BUDBURST; CANOPY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIGITAL IMAGE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LEAF; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84869885765     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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