Remote Sensing of Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Other Vegetation Parameters

• Main Author: Sanchez, Juanma Lopez (auth)
• Other Authors: Fang, Hongliang (auth), García-Haro, Francisco Javier (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: artificial neural network; downscaling; simulation; 3D point cloud; European beech; consistency; adaptive threshold; evaluation; photosynthesis; geographic information system; P-band PolInSAR; validation; density-based clustering; structure from motion (SfM); EPIC; Tanzania; signal attenuation; trunk; canopy closure; REDD+; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); forest; recursive feature elimination; Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation absorbed by vegetation (FPAR); aboveground biomass; random forest; uncertainty; household survey; spectral information; forests biomass; root biomass; biomass; unmanned aerial vehicle; Brazilian Amazon; VIIRS; global positioning system; LAI; photochemical reflectance index (PRI); allometric scaling and resource limitation; R690/R630; modelling aboveground biomass; leaf area index; forest degradation; spectral analyses; terrestrial laser scanning; BAAPA; leaf area index (LAI); stem volume estimation; tomographic profiles; polarization coherence tomography (PCT); canopy gap fraction; automated classification; HemiView; remote sensing; multisource remote sensing; Pléiades imagery; photogrammetric point cloud; farm types; terrestrial LiDAR; altitude; RapidEye; forest aboveground biomass; recovery; southern U.S. forests; NDVI; machine-learning; conifer forest; satellite; chlorophyll fluorescence (ChlF); tree heights; phenology; point cloud; local maxima; clumping index; MODIS; digital aerial photograph; Mediterranean; hemispherical sky-oriented photo; managed temperate coniferous forests; fixed tree window size; drought; GLAS; smartphone-based method; forest above ground biomass (AGB); forest inventory; over and understory cover; sampling design
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Monitoring of vegetation structure and functioning is critical to modeling terrestrial ecosystems and energy cycles. In particular, leaf area index (LAI) is an important structural property of vegetation used in many land surface vegetation, climate, and crop production models. Canopy structure (LAI...