Estimating light climate in forest with the convex densiometer: operator effect, geometry and relation to diffuse light
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The spherical convex densiometer is easy to implement and sensitive to relatively minor changes in canopy closure and light penetration, though less precise than some modern electronic techniques.
“While the spherical densiometer isn ' t as precise as some of the more modern electronic techniques available, it is easy to implement and also sensitive to relatively minor changes in canopy closure and light penetration (Baudry et al., 2014).”
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- Authors
- Baudry, O., Charmetant, C., Collet, C., & Ponette, Q.
- Affiliations
- UCLouvain (BE)
- AgroParisTech (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Baudry, Olivier
- Venue
- European Journal of Forest Research
- Published
- 2013-11-24
- Volume
- 133
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 101-110
- ISSN
- 1612-4669 (ISSN-L)
- 1612-4677
- OpenAlex
- W1977127457
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 0.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- European Journal of Forest Research (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Forest ecology and management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Forest Management and Policy
- Keywords
- canopy openness, light climate, diffuse light, photosynthetically active radiation, operator effects, instrument geometry, hardwood forests, oak-beech forest
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