Helios: A Scalable 3D Plant and Environmental Biophysical Modeling Framework. Bailey, B. N Frontiers in plant science, 10:1185–1185, 2019. Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
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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.
@article{bailey_helios_2019,
	title = {Helios: {A} {Scalable} {3D} {Plant} and {Environmental} {Biophysical} {Modeling} {Framework}},
	volume = {10},
	issn = {1664-462X},
	url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31681349},
	doi = {10.3389/fpls.2019.01185},
	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.},
	language = {eng},
	journal = {Frontiers in plant science},
	author = {Bailey, Brian N},
	year = {2019},
	note = {Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.},
	keywords = {biophysical model, functional-structural plant model, software architecture, terrestrial LiDAR, three-dimensional model},
	pages = {1185--1185},
}

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