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 …

Anthropogenic stress and disturbance of forest ecosystems (FES) has been increasing at all
scales from local to global. In rapidly changing environments, in-situ terrestrial FES …

Emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and of reactive gases such as sulphur
dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons, which lead to the formation of …

Recently a number of studies have found significant differences between Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) land surface map** and the land surface …

Satellite observations show widespread increasing trends of leaf area index (LAI), known as
the Earth greening. However, the biophysical impacts of this greening on land surface …

This book discusses the fundamentals of land-use and land-cover characterization,
map**, and monitoring using remote sensing technology. After covering the basic …

This study investigates the performances of four major global Leaf Area Index (LAI) products
at 1/11.2° spatial sampling and a monthly time step: ECOCLIMAP climatology …

This document presents the findings of the Working Group on Global Land Cover Validation,
a topical group within the Land Product Validation (LPV) subgroup of the Working Group on …

Several multidecadal simulations have been carried out with the new version of the
Community Climate System Model (CCSM). This paper reports an analysis of the land …

Leaf area index (LAI) is a critical variable for land surface and climate modeling studies.
Several global LAI products exist, and it is important to know how these products perform …