Journal article
Validating and Linking the GIMMS Leaf Area Index (LAI3g) with Environmental Controls in Tropical Africa
Abstract
The recent Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies (GIMMS) LAI3g product provides a 30-year global times-series of remotely sensed leaf area index (LAI), an essential variable in models of ecosystem process and productivity. In this study, we use a new dataset of field-based LAITrue to indirectly validate the GIMMS LAI3g product, LAIavhrr, in East Africa, comparing the distribution properties of LAIavhrr across biomes and environmental …
Authors
Pfeifer M; Lefebvre V; Gonsamo A; Pellikka P; Marchant R; Denu D; Platts P
Journal
Remote Sensing, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 1973–1990
Publisher
MDPI
DOI
10.3390/rs6031973
ISSN
2072-4292