Forest radiative transfer models: Which approach for which application?

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 391-403

  Ligot, Gauthier ^a   Balandier, Philippe ^b   Courbaud, Benoît ^c   Claessens, Hugues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Cemagref   (France)

^c Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Canopy; Forest structure; Light model; Radiation interception; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION PARAMETERS; CANOPY; FOREST STRUCTURE; LIGHT MODELING; MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIP; MODELING OBJECTIVES; RADIATION INTERCEPTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY EXCHANGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FOREST CANOPY; RADIATION; SENSITIVITY;

EID: 84899433289     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0494     Document Type: Review

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