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 …

Evaluation of MODIS LAI/FPAR product collection 6. Part 2: Validation and intercomparison

K Yan, T Park, G Yan, Z Liu, B Yang, C Chen… - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
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 …

GEOV1: LAI, FAPAR essential climate variables and FCOVER global time series capitalizing over existing products. Part 2: Validation and intercomparison with …

F Camacho, J Cernicharo, R Lacaze, F Baret… - Remote Sensing of …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper describes the scientific validation of the first version of global biophysical
products (ie, leaf area index, fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation and …

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 …

Quality assessment of PROBA-V LAI, fAPAR and fCOVER collection 300 m products of copernicus global land service

B Fuster, J Sánchez-Zapero, F Camacho… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) provides global time series of leaf area index
(LAI), fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (fAPAR) and fraction of …

Scale issues in remote sensing: A review on analysis, processing and modeling

H Wu, ZL Li - Sensors, 2009 - mdpi.com
With the development of quantitative remote sensing, scale issues have attracted more and
more the attention of scientists. Research is now suffering from a severe scale discrepancy …

[HTML][HTML] Remote sensing of quality traits in cereal and arable production systems: A review

Z Li, C Fan, Y Zhao, X **, R Casa, W Huang, X Song… - The Crop Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Cereal is an essential source of calories and protein for the global population. Accurately
predicting cereal quality before harvest is highly desirable in order to optimise management …

Estimating canopy density parameters time-series for winter wheat using UAS Mounted LiDAR

JS Bates, C Montzka, M Schmidt, F Jonard - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Monitoring of canopy density with related metrics such as leaf area index (LAI) makes a
significant contribution to understanding and predicting processes in the soil–plant …

Crop specific algorithms trained over ground measurements provide the best performance for GAI and fAPAR estimates from Landsat-8 observations

F Camacho, B Fuster, W Li, M Weiss, S Ganguly… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Estimation of Green Area Index (GAI) and fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically
Active Radiation (fAPAR) from decametric satellites was investigated in this study using a …