Mathematical Model for the Study of the Solar Radiation through Canopy
Abstract
The light energy is very important in the study of fundamental plants and biophysicalprocesses such as photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, transpiration, leaf temperature, respiration.The mathematical model for the physics of the photon transport is given by Maxwell’s equation thatdescribes electromagnetic wave theory. There are many factors involved in the quantification of thelight environment in a plant canopy due to the spatial and temporal variability of radiation (Baldocchiet al., 1985; Criveanu, 2005). In biometeorology there are important leaf energy balances andphotosynthesis. The model considered in our paper assumes three dimensional canopy and stochastictheory for the transfer of the photons.
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