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

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

FAN Yanguo1, LI Yuan1, LI Sijia2,3, and FANG Hongliang2,3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Oceanography and Space Informatics, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
  • 2LREIS, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 3College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Paper Information

    Received: Oct. 14, 2024

    Accepted: Aug. 26, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 26, 2025

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

    DOI:10.11873/j.issn.1004-0323.2025.4.0990

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