Vegetation characteristics

Dielectric constant measurements during the satellite and aircraft overpasses.

Transect-based measurements of forest properties: DBH (m, at 1.3 m), tree height (m), height to crown (m), LAI (m² m^-2), branch area index (m² m^-2), stem density (# area^-1), species identification (species, genus, family), fractional overstory cover (m² m^-2), fractional understory cover (m² m^-2), understory depth (m), fractional necromass cover (m² m^-2), and litter depth (m).

Detailed measurements of canopy characteristics: needle/leaf area (m²), wet and dry mass (kg), angle/orientation (deg), shape (descrip); branch diameter (m), length (m), wet and dry mass (kg), primary and secondary density (# area^-1).

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