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Environ 106(1):106–122
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importance of measurement errors for deriving accurate reference leaf area index maps for
validation of moderate-resolution satellite LAI products. IEEE Trans Geosci Remote Sens
44(7):1866–1871. doi:10.1109/tgrs.2006.876025
Jinjun J (1995) A climate-vegetation interaction model: simulating physical and biological
processes at the surface. J Biogeogr 22:445–451
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collection 5 leaf area index product for a region of mixed coniferous forest. Remote Sens
Environ 115(2):767–780. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2010.11.004
Knorr W, Kattge J (2005) Inversion of terrestrial ecosystem model parameter values against eddy
covariance measurements by Monte Carlo sampling. Glob Change Biol 11(8):1333–1351.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00977.x
Knyazikhin Y, Martonchik JV, Myneni RB, Diner DJ, Running SW (1998) Synergistic algorithm
for estimating vegetation canopy leaf area index and fraction of absorbed photosynthetically
active radiation from MODIS and MISR data. J Geophys Res 103(D24):32257–32275.
doi:10.1029/98JD02462
Knyazikhin Y, Schull MA, Xu L, Myneni RB, Samanta A (2011) Canopy spectral invariants. Part
1: A new concept in remote sensing of vegetation. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer
112(4):727–735. doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.06.014
Lewis P (1999) Three-dimensional plant modelling for remote sensing simulation studies using
the Botanical Plant Modelling System. Agronomie 19(3–4):185–210
Lewis P, Disney M (2007) Spectral invariants and scattering across multiple scales from withinleaf to canopy. Remote Sens Environ 109(2):196–206
Li XW, Strahler AH (1992) Geometric-optical bidirectional reflectance modeling of the discrete
crown vegetation canopy–effect of crown shape and mutual shadowing. IEEE Trans Geosci
Remote Sens 30(2):276–292
Lu LX, Shuttleworth WJ (2002) Incorporating NDVI-derived LAI into the climate version of
RAMS and its impact on regional climate. J Hydrometeorology 3(3):347–362
McCallum I, Wagner W, Schmullius C, Shvidenko A, Obersteiner M, Fritz S, Nilsson S (2010)
Comparison of four global FAPAR datasets over Northern Eurasia for the year 2000. Remote
Sens Environ 114(5):941–949. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2009.12.009
Melillo JM, McGuire AD, Kicklighter DW, Moore B, Vorosmarty CJ, Schloss AL (1993) Global
climate-change and terrestrial net primary production. Nature 363(6426):234–240
Monteith JL, Unsworth MH (1990) Principles of environmental physics (p 291). Edward Arnold,
London
Morisette JT, Baret F, Privette JL, Myneni RB, Nickeson JE, Garrigues S, Shabanov NV et al
(2006) Validation of global moderate-resolution LAI products: a framework proposed within
the CEOS land product validation subgroup. IEEE Trans Geosci Remote Sens
44(7):1804–1817. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.872529
Myneni RB, Hoffman S, Knyazikhin Y, Privette JL, Glassy J, Tian Y, Wang Y et al (2002)
Global products of vegetation leaf area and fraction absorbed PAR from year one of MODIS
data. Remote Sens Environ 83(1–2):214–231
Myneni RB, Keeling CD, Tucker CJ, Asrar G, Nemani RR (1997) Increased plant growth in the
northern high latitudes from 1981 to 1991. Nature 386(6626):698–702. doi:10.1038/386698a0
Myneni RB, Ross J, Asrar G (1989) A review on the theory of photon transport in leaf canopies.
Agric For Meteorol 45(1–2):1–153
Myneni RB, Williams DL (1994) On the relationship between FAPAR and NDVI. Remote Sens
Environ 49(3):200–211
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methods for the extraction of key vegetation biophysical parameters using Terra and Aqua
MODIS reflectance data. Remote Sens Environ 106(1):39–58. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2006.07.016
Huang D, Knyazikhin Y, Dickinson RE, Rautiainen M, Stenberg P, Disney M, Lewis P et al
(2007) Canopy spectral invariants for remote sensing and model applications. Remote Sens
Environ 106(1):106–122
Huang D, Yang WZ, Tan B, Rautiainen M, Zhang P, Hu JN, Shabanov NV et al (2006) The
importance of measurement errors for deriving accurate reference leaf area index maps for
validation of moderate-resolution satellite LAI products. IEEE Trans Geosci Remote Sens
44(7):1866–1871. doi:10.1109/tgrs.2006.876025
Jinjun J (1995) A climate-vegetation interaction model: simulating physical and biological
processes at the surface. J Biogeogr 22:445–451
Kauwe MGD, Disney MI, Quaife T, Lewis P, Williams M (2011) An assessment of the MODIS
collection 5 leaf area index product for a region of mixed coniferous forest. Remote Sens
Environ 115(2):767–780. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2010.11.004
Knorr W, Kattge J (2005) Inversion of terrestrial ecosystem model parameter values against eddy
covariance measurements by Monte Carlo sampling. Glob Change Biol 11(8):1333–1351.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00977.x
Knyazikhin Y, Martonchik JV, Myneni RB, Diner DJ, Running SW (1998) Synergistic algorithm
for estimating vegetation canopy leaf area index and fraction of absorbed photosynthetically
active radiation from MODIS and MISR data. J Geophys Res 103(D24):32257–32275.
doi:10.1029/98JD02462
Knyazikhin Y, Schull MA, Xu L, Myneni RB, Samanta A (2011) Canopy spectral invariants. Part
1: A new concept in remote sensing of vegetation. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer
112(4):727–735. doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.06.014
Lewis P (1999) Three-dimensional plant modelling for remote sensing simulation studies using
the Botanical Plant Modelling System. Agronomie 19(3–4):185–210
Lewis P, Disney M (2007) Spectral invariants and scattering across multiple scales from withinleaf to canopy. Remote Sens Environ 109(2):196–206
Li XW, Strahler AH (1992) Geometric-optical bidirectional reflectance modeling of the discrete
crown vegetation canopy–effect of crown shape and mutual shadowing. IEEE Trans Geosci
Remote Sens 30(2):276–292
Lu LX, Shuttleworth WJ (2002) Incorporating NDVI-derived LAI into the climate version of
RAMS and its impact on regional climate. J Hydrometeorology 3(3):347–362
McCallum I, Wagner W, Schmullius C, Shvidenko A, Obersteiner M, Fritz S, Nilsson S (2010)
Comparison of four global FAPAR datasets over Northern Eurasia for the year 2000. Remote
Sens Environ 114(5):941–949. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2009.12.009
Melillo JM, McGuire AD, Kicklighter DW, Moore B, Vorosmarty CJ, Schloss AL (1993) Global
climate-change and terrestrial net primary production. Nature 363(6426):234–240
Monteith JL, Unsworth MH (1990) Principles of environmental physics (p 291). Edward Arnold,
London
Morisette JT, Baret F, Privette JL, Myneni RB, Nickeson JE, Garrigues S, Shabanov NV et al
(2006) Validation of global moderate-resolution LAI products: a framework proposed within
the CEOS land product validation subgroup. IEEE Trans Geosci Remote Sens
44(7):1804–1817. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.872529
Myneni RB, Hoffman S, Knyazikhin Y, Privette JL, Glassy J, Tian Y, Wang Y et al (2002)
Global products of vegetation leaf area and fraction absorbed PAR from year one of MODIS
data. Remote Sens Environ 83(1–2):214–231
Myneni RB, Keeling CD, Tucker CJ, Asrar G, Nemani RR (1997) Increased plant growth in the
northern high latitudes from 1981 to 1991. Nature 386(6626):698–702. doi:10.1038/386698a0
Myneni RB, Ross J, Asrar G (1989) A review on the theory of photon transport in leaf canopies.
Agric For Meteorol 45(1–2):1–153
Myneni RB, Williams DL (1994) On the relationship between FAPAR and NDVI. Remote Sens
Environ 49(3):200–211
2 Green Leaf Area and Fraction of Photosynthetically
59