A Parallel Simulating System for Calculating Illumination Distribution of Plant Canopy

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Illumination is an important factor to the growth and reproduce of plants. In the process of the plant canopy illumination distribution simulation, it is too complex and time-consuming for single-core computer because of the huge data. This paper has carried on the parallel processing for the Z-buffer sorting algorithm which used for the calculation of the plant canopy illumination distribution in order to speeding up the rate of calculation. The algorithm is transplanted to multiprocessor computers as server and controls the simulation calculation by designing the client-side on the common computers. This design has completed a simulation system based on the C-S mode. It adopts the illumination simulation for the rice in different period using this system and draws the effect picture. At last, the paper has drawn a conclusion that this algorithm is very useful to analyzing plant growth trends and simulating the change of the plant canopy illumination distribution.

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