Remote Sensing Technology and Application, Volume. 40, Issue 4, 990(2025)

Continuous Automatic Observation of Forest Canopy Structure Parameters based on Digital Hemispherical Photography

Yanguo FAN1, Yuan LI1, Sijia LI2,3, and Hongliang FANG2,3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Oceanography and Space Informatics, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao266580,China
  • 2LREIS,Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing100101,China
  • 3College of Resources and Environment,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing100049,China
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    Received: Oct. 14, 2024

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    Published Online: Aug. 26, 2025

    The Author Email: Hongliang FANG (fanghl@lreis.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.11873/j.issn.1004-0323.2025.4.0990

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