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 …

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) …

Aim Earth observation (EO) products are a valuable alternative to spectral vegetation
indices. We discuss the availability of EO products for analysing patterns in macroecology …

Leaf chlorophyll is central to the exchange of carbon, water and energy between the
biosphere and the atmosphere, and to the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. This paper …

Leaf area index (LAI) is an important vegetation biophysical variable and has been widely
used for crop growth monitoring and yield estimation, land-surface process simulation, and …

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 …

MODIS global evapotranspiration (ET) products by Mu et al.[Mu, Q., Heinsch, FA, Zhao, M.,
Running, SW (2007). Development of a global evapotranspiration algorithm based on …

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 …

The aim of this paper is to assess the latest version of the MODIS LAI/FPAR product
(MOD15A2H), namely Collection 6 (C6). We comprehensively evaluate this product through …

The authors assess the ability of 18 Earth system models to simulate the land and ocean
carbon cycle for the present climate. These models will be used in the next …