Retrieving gap fraction, clumping index, and leaf angle distribution for leaf area index estimations of deciduous trees from terrestrial LiDAR data


Tianyu Hu1, Yumei Li1, Yanjun Su2, Shichao Jin1 and Qinghua Guo3, (1)Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Beijing, China, (3)Peking University, Beijing, China