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 …

Quantifying vegetation biophysical variables from imaging spectroscopy data: A review on retrieval methods

J Verrelst, Z Malenovský, C Van der Tol… - Surveys in …, 2019 - Springer
An unprecedented spectroscopic data stream will soon become available with forthcoming
Earth-observing satellite missions equipped with imaging spectroradiometers. This data …

Estimation of LAI with the LiDAR technology: A review

Y Wang, H Fang - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Leaf area index (LAI) is an important vegetation parameter. Active light detection and
ranging (LiDAR) technology has been widely used to estimate vegetation LAI. In this study …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual laser scanning with HELIOS++: A novel take on ray tracing-based simulation of topographic full-waveform 3D laser scanning

L Winiwarter, AME Pena, H Weiser, K Anders… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Topographic laser scanning is a remote sensing method to create detailed 3D point cloud
representations of the Earth's surface. Since data acquisition is expensive, simulations can …

Quantifying 3D structure and occlusion in dense tropical and temperate forests using close-range LiDAR

FD Schneider, D Kükenbrink, ME Schaepman… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2019 - Elsevier
Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) has emerged as a reference for three-dimensional
measurements of forest structure as well as forest reconstruction and modeling. Ground …

An assessment study of three indirect methods for estimating leaf area density and leaf area index of individual trees

S Wei, T Yin, MA Dissegna, AJ Whittle, GLF Ow… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2020 - Elsevier
Field measurements of leaf area density (LAD) and leaf area index (LAI) for individual trees
have increased in importance and relevance with the advent of high spatial resolution …

Estimation of 3D vegetation density with Terrestrial Laser Scanning data using voxels. A sensitivity analysis of influencing parameters

E Grau, S Durrieu, R Fournier… - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The 3D distribution of plant material is a key parameter to describe vegetation structure,
which influences several processes such as radiation interception and ecosystem …

Using the negative soil adjustment factor of soil adjusted vegetation index (SAVI) to resist saturation effects and estimate leaf area index (LAI) in dense vegetation …

Z Zhen, S Chen, T Yin, E Chavanon, N Lauret… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Saturation effects limit the application of vegetation indices (VIs) in dense vegetation areas.
The possibility to mitigate them by adopting a negative soil adjustment factor X is addressed …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing GEDI-NASA system for forest fuels classification using machine learning techniques

R Hoffrén, MT Lamelas, J de la Riva, D Domingo… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Identification of forest fuels is a key step for forest fire prevention since they provide valuable
information of fire behavior. This study assesses NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in high-resolution land surface satellite products: A comprehensive review of inversion algorithms, products and challenges

S Liang, T He, J Huang, A Jia, Y Zhang, Y Cao… - Science of Remote …, 2024 - Elsevier
For many applications, raw satellite observations need to be converted to high-level
products of various essential environmental variables. While numerous products are …