An overview of global leaf area index (LAI): Methods, products, validation, and applications

H Fang, F Baret, S Plummer… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Leaf area index (LAI) is a critical vegetation structural variable and is essential in the
feedback of vegetation to the climate system. The advancement of the global Earth …

Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

J Liang, TW Crowther, N Picard, S Wiser, M Zhou… - Science, 2016 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The biodiversity-productivity relationship (BPR; the effect of biodiversity on
ecosystem productivity) is foundational to our understanding of the global extinction crisis …

The decadal state of the terrestrial carbon cycle: Global retrievals of terrestrial carbon allocation, pools, and residence times

AA Bloom, JF Exbrayat… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The terrestrial carbon cycle is currently the least constrained component of the global carbon
budget. Large uncertainties stem from a poor understanding of plant carbon allocation …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of global leaf area index and fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation products over North America using Copernicus Ground Based …

LA Brown, C Meier, H Morris, J Pastor-Guzman… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
With a growing number of Earth observation (EO) products available through operational
programmes such as the European Union's Copernicus, there is increasing emphasis on …

Assessment of the capability of remote sensing and GIS techniques for monitoring reclamation success in coal mine degraded lands

SK Karan, SR Samadder, SK Maiti - Journal of environmental management, 2016 - Elsevier
The objective of the present study is to monitor reclamation activity in mining areas.
Monitoring of these reclaimed sites in the vicinity of mining areas and on closed Over …

Characterization and intercomparison of global moderate resolution leaf area index (LAI) products: Analysis of climatologies and theoretical uncertainties

H Fang, C Jiang, W Li, S Wei, F Baret… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Leaf area index (LAI) is a critical variable for land surface and climate modeling studies.
Several global LAI products exist, and it is important to know how these products perform …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the effects of land use and model scale on water partitioning and water ages using tracer-aided ecohydrological models

A Smith, D Tetzlaff, L Kleine, M Maneta… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2021 - hess.copernicus.org
Quantifying how vegetation mediates water partitioning at different spatial and temporal
scales in complex, managed catchments is fundamental for long-term sustainable land and …

Seasonal variation of leaf area index (LAI) over paddy rice fields in NE China: Intercomparison of destructive sampling, LAI-2200, digital hemispherical photography …

H Fang, W Li, S Wei, C Jiang - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2014 - Elsevier
Continuous field leaf area index (LAI) measurement has become increasingly important for
the validation of remote sensing LAI products. A seasonal field campaign was carried out to …

Representing nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon interactions in the E3SM land model: Development and global benchmarking

Q Zhu, WJ Riley, J Tang, N Collier… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past several decades, the land modeling community has recognized the
importance of nutrient regulation on the global terrestrial carbon cycle. Implementations of …

Estimation of the seasonal leaf area index in an alluvial forest using high-resolution satellite-based vegetation indices

A Tillack, A Clasen, B Kleinschmit, M Förster - Remote Sensing of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The leaf area index (LAI), as a key indicator of physical and biological processes related to
vegetation dynamics, is valuable in monitoring the biomass of forests. Based on the …