Abstract
We derive a method of deducing the optical response of a model canopy by slicing the canopy in the plane containing the incident and exitant rays. This slicing process induces a geometric statistical process in the slicing plane. The relationship between this process and the statistical description of the canopy is derived by considering the densities of points in two abstract spaces which can be related to the real (physical) spaces that are occupied by the canopy and its slice. A particularly simple result follows for the isotropic distribution of leaves. This is tested by a Monte Carlo simulation procedure, as is a more complex case.
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