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 …

Optical remote sensing and the retrieval of terrestrial vegetation bio-geophysical properties–A review

J Verrelst, G Camps-Valls, J Muñoz-Marí… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Forthcoming superspectral satellite missions dedicated to land monitoring, as well as
planned imaging spectrometers, will unleash an unprecedented data stream. The …

Evaluation of the PROSAIL model capabilities for future hyperspectral model environments: A review study

K Berger, C Atzberger, M Danner, G D'Urso, W Mauser… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Upcoming satellite hyperspectral sensors require powerful and robust methodologies for
making optimum use of the rich spectral data. This paper reviews the widely applied coupled …

Experimental Sentinel-2 LAI estimation using parametric, non-parametric and physical retrieval methods–A comparison

J Verrelst, JP Rivera, F Veroustraete… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Given the forthcoming availability of Sentinel-2 (S2) images, this paper provides a
systematic comparison of retrieval accuracy and processing speed of a multitude of …

Using low resolution satellite imagery for yield prediction and yield anomaly detection

F Rembold, C Atzberger, I Savin, O Rojas - Remote Sensing, 2013 - mdpi.com
Low resolution satellite imagery has been extensively used for crop monitoring and yield
forecasting for over 30 years and plays an important role in a growing number of operational …

[HTML][HTML] Gaussian processes retrieval of crop traits in Google Earth Engine based on Sentinel-2 top-of-atmosphere data

J Estévez, M Salinero-Delgado, K Berger… - Remote sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The unprecedented availability of optical satellite data in cloud-based computing platforms,
such as Google Earth Engine (GEE), opens new possibilities to develop crop trait retrieval …

Inversion of the PROSAIL model to estimate leaf area index of maize, potato, and sunflower fields from unmanned aerial vehicle hyperspectral data

SB Duan, ZL Li, H Wu, BH Tang, L Ma, E Zhao… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Leaf area index (LAI) is a key variable for modeling energy and mass exchange between the
land surface and the atmosphere. Inversion of physically based radiative transfer models is …

Remote estimation of leaf area index (LAI) with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imaging for different rice cultivars throughout the entire growing season

Y Gong, K Yang, Z Lin, S Fang, X Wu, R Zhu, Y Peng - Plant Methods, 2021 - Springer
Background Rice is one of the most important grain crops worldwide. The accurate and
dynamic monitoring of Leaf Area Index (LAI) provides important information to evaluate rice …

Validation of global moderate resolution leaf area index (LAI) products over croplands in northeastern China

H Fang, Y Zhang, S Wei, W Li, Y Ye, T Sun… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, a series of global moderate resolution leaf area index (LAI) products
have become available and been widely applied in many disciplines. At the same time …

Spatially constrained inversion of radiative transfer models for improved LAI map** from future Sentinel-2 imagery

C Atzberger, K Richter - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2012 - Elsevier
The robust and accurate retrieval of vegetation biophysical variables using radiative transfer
models (RTM) is seriously hampered by the ill-posedness of the inverse problem. With this …