Correction for light scattering combined with sub-pixel classification improves estimation of gap fraction from digital cover photography

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 222, Issue , 2016, Pages 32-44

  Hwang, Yorum ^a   Ryu, Youngryel ^a,b   Kimm, Hyungsuk ^b   Jiang, Chongya ^b   Lang, Mait ^c   Macfarlane, Craig ^d   Sonnentag, Oliver ^e  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital cover photography; Gap fraction; Leaf area index; Light exposure; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CANOPY GAP; CORRECTION; DIGITAL IMAGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84960865853     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.03.008     Document Type: Article

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