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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2019

Helios: A Scalable 3D Plant and Environmental Biophysical Modeling Framework.

Brian N Bailey

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brian N BaileyDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article presents an overview of Helios, a new three-dimensional (3D) plant and environmental modeling framework. Helios is a model coupling framework designed to provide maximum flexibility in integrating and running arbitrary 3D environmental system models. Users interact with Helios through a well-documented open-source C++ API. Version 1.0 comes with model plug-ins for radiation transport, the surface energy balance, stomatal conductance, photosynthesis, solar position, and procedural tree generation. Additional plug-ins are also available for visualizing model geometry and data and for processing and integrating LiDAR scanning data. Many of the plug-ins perform calculations on the graphics processing unit, which allows for efficient simulation of very large domains with high detail. An example modeling study is presented in which leaf-level heterogeneity in water usage and photosynthesis of an orchard is examined to understand how this leaf-scale variability contributes to whole-tree and -canopy fluxes.

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biophysical modelfunctional-structural plant modelsoftware architectureterrestrial LiDARthree-dimensional model

Identifiers

PMID31681349
PMCPMC6813926
OpenAlexW2971262037

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