Journal article
Defining leaf area index for non‐flat leaves
Abstract
ABSTRACT To eliminate the confusion in the definition of leaf area index ( L ) for non‐flat leaves, the projection coefficients of several objects including spheres, cylinders, hemicircular cylinders, and triangular and square bars are investigated through mathematical derivation and numerical calculation for a range of ellipsoidal angular distributions. It is shown that the projection coefficient calculated based on half the total …
Authors
CHEN JM; BLACK TA
Journal
Plant Cell & Environment, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 421–429
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
May 1992
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3040.1992.tb00992.x
ISSN
0140-7791