SunScan [Farmer]
Introduction
Rapid and reliable estimates of leaf area index (LAI) are important for studies of exchanges of energy and gases in the biosphere-atmosphere continuum. In this case evaluated the field performance of SunScan canopy analysis system for rapid estimation of LAI. Direct and indirect measurements of LAI were made in a maize (Zea mays L.) field at four phenological stages (emergence, vegetative, flowering and physiological maturity). The result showed a generally good performance of this sensor at all the phenological stages, so the evaluated sensor yielded a good and reliable LAI estimates under maize canopy.[1]
Figure 1: Sunscan canopy analysis system.[2]
References
[1] Philip Gbenro Oguntunde, olawale J. Olukunle, Johnson T. Fasinmirin, Oluremi A. Abiolu (2012) Performance of the SunScan canopy analysis system in estimating leaf area index of maize
[2] Sunscan