Light regimes in Populus plantations using Voxel-based Light Interception

Autor: Willem W. Verstraeten, K. Dieussaert, Jan Stuckens, D. van der Zande, Pol Coppin
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: International Journal of Remote Sensing. 32:925-931
ISSN: 1366-5901
0143-1161
Popis: Three-dimensional light interception by three uniform Populus canopies was studied using the Voxel-based Light Interception Model (VLIM) in combination with ground-based Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) measurements. As the VLIM was developed and validated in a virtual environment to ensure reference data availability, the objective was to test the consistency of the measurement and analysis protocol in real forest canopies. An automated pre-processing of raw LiDAR scans delivered high quality structure information, which was imported into a ray-tracing algorithm for modelling of light/canopy interactions. The low within-plot variability (mean standard deviation
Databáze: OpenAIRE