A Method for Calculating the Area of Zostera marina Leaves from Digital Images with Noise Induced by Humidity Content

Table 2

Symbols for observed, digitally obtained variables and related averages.

Description	Observed data	Digital data	Monte Carlo data
Leaf length (𝑙)	𝑙𝑜	𝑙𝑑	—
Leaf width (ℎ)	ℎ𝑜	ℎ𝑑	—
Leaf area (𝑎)	𝑎𝑜	𝑎𝑑	𝑎𝑚𝑐
Length of the 𝑗th leaf in group 𝐺𝑘(𝑙)	𝑙^𝑘𝑜𝑗	𝑙^𝑘𝑑𝑗	—
Width of the 𝑗th leaf in group 𝐺𝑘(𝑙)	ℎ^𝑘𝑜𝑗	ℎ^𝑘𝑑𝑗	—
Area of the 𝑗th leaf in group 𝐺𝑘(𝑙)	𝑎^𝑘𝑜𝑗	𝑎^𝑘𝑑𝑗	𝑎^𝑘𝑚𝑐𝑗
Average length of the leaves in group 𝐺𝑘(𝑙)	𝑙^𝑘𝑜	𝑙^𝑘𝑑	—
Average width of the leaves in group 𝐺𝑘(𝑙)	ℎ^𝑘𝑜	ℎ^𝑘𝑑	—
Average area of the leaves in group 𝐺𝑘(𝑙)	𝑎^𝑘𝑜	𝑎^𝑘𝑑	𝑎^𝑘𝑚𝑐