Inferring Amazon leaf demography from satellite observations of leaf area index [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2012 Seasonal and year-to-year variations in leaf cover imprint significant spatial and temporal variability on biogeochemical cycles, and affect land-surface properties related to climate.
S. Caldararu, P. I. Palmer, D. W. Purves
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A dataset for estimating alfalfa leaf area and predicting leaf area index [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceSongtao Yang +6 more
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Estimating Leaf Area Index with Dynamic Leaf Optical Properties [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2021 Leaf area index (LAI) plays an important role in models of climate, hydrology, and ecosystem productivity. The physical model-based inversion method is a practical approach for large-scale LAI inversion.
Hu Zhang +8 more
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Comparison of LiDAR-based Models for True Leaf Area Index and Effective Leaf Area Index Estimation in Young Beech Forests [PDF]
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2020 The leaf area index (LAI) is one of the most common leaf area and canopy structure quantifiers. Direct LAI measurement and determination of canopy characteristics in larger areas is unrealistic due to the large number of measurements required to create ...
Zdeněk Patočka +5 more
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Leaf Area Index in Seedlings of Eucalyptus sp.
Scientific Electronic Archives, 2013 : The aim of this study was to follow the development of leaf area index (LAI) of eucalyptus seedlings propagated through minicutting. The experiment was conducted in the greenhouse of the FLORA SINOP nursery with controlled conditions in order to ensure
V. R. Andrade Neto +5 more
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Estimation of Leaf Area Index across Biomes and Growth Stages Combining Multiple Vegetation Indices [PDF]
SensorsThe leaf area index (LAI) is a key indicator of vegetation canopy structure and growth status, crucial for global ecological environment research. The Moderate Resolution Spectral Imager-II (MERSI-II) aboard Fengyun-3D (FY-3D) covers the globe twice ...
Fangyi Lv +4 more
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Leaf area index in a forested mountain catchment
Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, 2018 Leaf area index (LAI) belongs among the catchment characteristics widely used in hydrological models but still associated with great uncertainties. In a mountain forest catchment, the leaf area affects retention and evapotranspiration loss, and it could ...
Ladislav Palán +2 more
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LEAF AREA INDEX RETRIEVED FROM THERMAL HYPERSPECTRAL DATA [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2016 Leaf area index (LAI) is an important essential biodiversity variable due to its role in many terrestrial ecosystem processes such as evapotranspiration, energy balance, and gas exchanges as well as plant growth potential. A novel approach presented here
E. Neinavaz +3 more
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Is stunting in children under five associated with the state of vegetation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Secondary analysis of Demographic Health Survey data and the satellite-derived leaf area index [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Background: The prevalence of stunting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the highest globally. However, only a few studies have attempted to measure the association between stunting and vegetation, which is an important food source.
Freddy Bangelesa +7 more
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Projections of leaf area index in earth system models [PDF]
Earth System Dynamics, 2016 The area of leaves in the plant canopy, measured as leaf area index (LAI), modulates key land–atmosphere interactions, including the exchange of energy, moisture, carbon dioxide (CO2), and other trace gases and aerosols, and is therefore an essential ...
N. Mahowald +6 more
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