Research Article

Study of Subtropical Forestry Index Retrieval Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Hemispherical Photography

Table 5

LAI calculation based on PCD.

PCD data Gap fraction of 57 degreesLAI Canopy clumping index
Miller’s methodIterative inversion methodEquation (22) of singe angle

Low-density PCD10.34601.21691.28871.16610.9778
Medium-density PCD10.13932.26922.40952.20920.9296
High-density PCD10.12832.40992.63092.35590.9138
Low-density PCD20.34381.22241.33831.16620.9761
Medium-density PCD20.18941.93562.11791.85810.9557
High-density PCD20.11842.46542.65722.34850.9328