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 …

[图书][B] Second growth: the promise of tropical forest regeneration in an age of deforestation

RL Chazdon - 2019 - degruyter.com
For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost
exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these “pristine” …

Retrospective retrieval of long‐term consistent global leaf area index (1981–2011) from combined AVHRR and MODIS data

Y Liu, R Liu, JM Chen - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we present an approach for generating a consistent long‐term global leaf area
index (LAI) product (1981–2011) by quantitative fusion of Moderate Resolution Imaging …

LAI and chlorophyll estimation for a heterogeneous grassland using hyperspectral measurements

R Darvishzadeh, A Skidmore, M Schlerf… - ISPRS journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
The study shows that leaf area index (LAI), leaf chlorophyll content (LCC) and canopy
chlorophyll content (CCC) can be mapped in a heterogeneous Mediterranean grassland …

Validation and intercomparison of global Leaf Area Index products derived from remote sensing data

S Garrigues, R Lacaze, F Baret… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the performances of four major global Leaf Area Index (LAI) products
at 1/11.2° spatial sampling and a monthly time step: ECOCLIMAP climatology …

Validation of global moderate-resolution LAI products: A framework proposed within the CEOS land product validation subgroup

JT Morisette, F Baret, JL Privette… - … on Geoscience and …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Initiated in 1984, the Committee Earth Observing Satellites' Working Group on Calibration
and Validation (CEOS WGCV) pursues activities to coordinate, standardize and advance …

Comparative analysis of IKONOS, SPOT, and ETM+ data for leaf area index estimation in temperate coniferous and deciduous forest stands

K Soudani, C François, G Le Maire, V Le Dantec… - Remote sensing of …, 2006 - Elsevier
The increasing number of sensor types for terrestrial remote sensing has necessitated
supplementary efforts to evaluate and standardize data from the different available sensors …

Ecological fingerprinting of ecosystem succession: Estimating secondary tropical dry forest structure and diversity using imaging spectroscopy

M Kalacska, GA Sanchez-Azofeifa, B Rivard… - Remote Sensing of …, 2007 - Elsevier
We evaluated the use of EO-1 Hyperion hyperspectral satellite imagery for mapping
structure and floristic diversity in a Neotropical tropical dry forest as a way of assessing a …

The Effects of GLCM parameters on LAI estimation using texture values from Quickbird Satellite Imagery

J Zhou, R Yan Guo, M Sun, TT Di, S Wang, J Zhai… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
When the leaf area index (LAI) of a forest reaches 3, the problem of spectrum saturation
becomes the main limitation to improving the accuracy of the LAI estimate. A sensitivity …

Cutting more from cut forests: edge effects on foraging and herbivory of leaf‐cutting ants in Brazil

P Urbas, MV Araújo Jr, IR Leal, R Wirth - Biotropica, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Edge‐mediated changes in species composition are known to result in modified species
interactions. Because of the crucial trophic position of herbivores and their far‐reaching …