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 …

[HTML][HTML] Assimilation of remote sensing into crop growth models: Current status and perspectives

J Huang, JL Gómez-Dans, H Huang, H Ma… - Agricultural and forest …, 2019 - Elsevier
Timely monitoring of crop lands is important in order to make agricultural activities more
sustainable, as well as ensuring food security. The use of Earth Observation (EO) data …

GISS‐E2. 1: Configurations and climatology

M Kelley, GA Schmidt, LS Nazarenko… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper describes the GISS‐E2. 1 contribution to the Coupled Model Intercomparison
Project, Phase 6 (CMIP6). This model version differs from the predecessor model (GISS‐E2) …

[HTML][HTML] Global data sets of vegetation leaf area index (LAI) 3g and fraction of photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR) 3g derived from global inventory modeling …

Z Zhu, J Bi, Y Pan, S Ganguly, A Anav, L Xu… - Remote sensing, 2013 - mdpi.com
Long-term global data sets of vegetation Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of
Photosynthetically Active Radiation absorbed by vegetation (FPAR) are critical to monitoring …

Land information system: An interoperable framework for high resolution land surface modeling

SV Kumar, CD Peters-Lidard, Y Tian, PR Houser… - … modelling & software, 2006 - Elsevier
Knowledge of land surface water, energy, and carbon conditions are of critical importance
due to their impact on many real world applications such as agricultural production, water …

Evaluation of MODIS LAI, fAPAR and the relation between fAPAR and NDVI in a semi-arid environment using in situ measurements

R Fensholt, I Sandholt, MS Rasmussen - Remote sensing of Environment, 2004 - Elsevier
On global and regional scales, earth observation (EO)-based estimates of leaf area index
(LAI) provide valuable input to climate and hydrologic modelling, while fraction of absorbed …

Reprocessing the MODIS Leaf Area Index products for land surface and climate modelling

H Yuan, Y Dai, Z Xiao, D Ji, W Shangguan - Remote Sensing of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Land surface and climate modelling requires continuous and consistent Leaf Area Index
(LAI). High spatiotemporal resolution and long-time record data are more in demand …

Evaluation of remote sensing based terrestrial productivity from MODIS using regional tower eddy flux network observations

FA Heinsch, M Zhao, SW Running… - IEEE transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Moderate Resolution Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor has provided near real-time
estimates of gross primary production (GPP) since March 2000. We compare four years …

[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 …

MODIS leaf area index products: From validation to algorithm improvement

W Yang, B Tan, D Huang, M Rautiainen… - … on Geoscience and …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Global products of vegetation green Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Photosynthetically
Active Radiation absorbed by vegetation (FPAR) are being operationally produced from …