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Evaluation of Forest Canopy Shape from Standpoint of Thermal Exchange above Forest

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Shape of forest canopy surface was evaluated in a deciduous forest from a viewpoint of thermal exchange. The analysis of canopy shape with Morishita’s dispersion index showed that projected size of dominant convex and concave shapes on the forest canopy surface were around 5.0m square in a foliate season and 5.0–7.5m square in a defoliate season. On the other hand, each vertical size of the convex and concave shapes was estimated to be larger in a foliate season than in a defoliate season. Thus, this study concludes that the canopy shape was smoother in a defoliate season than in a foliate season in this case.

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  1. Kansai Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Kyoto, Japan

    Koji Tamai & Yoshiaki Goto

  2. Faculty of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

    Shigeaki Hattori

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  1. Koji Tamai
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  1. Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Kyoji Sassa

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Tamai, K., Hattori, S., Goto, Y. (1998). Evaluation of Forest Canopy Shape from Standpoint of Thermal Exchange above Forest. In: Sassa, K. (eds) Environmental Forest Science. Forestry Sciences, vol 54. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5324-9_45

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