Accession Number:

ADA026058

Title:

Evaluation of Gamma-Ray Techniques for Nondestructive Measurement of Vegetative Biomass,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY TROPIC TEST CENTER APO NEW YORK 09827

Personal Author(s):

• Kitchen,J. H.
• Malseed,D. T.

Report Date:

1976-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

14.0

Abstract:

In summary it appears that gamma-ray biomass measurement techniques can be easily adapted to uniform vegetated areas such as grassland and tangle forested areas. As the jungle begins to mature and stem spacing and size become less uniform, multiple path measurements must be performed in order to obtain an average biomass value.

Descriptors:

• *NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
• *GAMMA RAYS
• *VEGETATION
• DENSITY
• MEASUREMENT
• FIELD TESTS
• JUNGLES
• TROPICAL REGIONS
• CALIBRATION

Subject Categories:

• Biology
• Nuclear Physics and Elementary Particle Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE