• Leaf Area Index - LAI
  • CYCLOPES Project
  • GEOLAND Project
  • VGT4AFRICA Project
  • POLDER Project
  • AMMA Project
• Fraction of Absorded PAR - FAPAR
  • CYCLOPES Project
  • GEOLAND Project
  • POLDER Project
  • AMMA Project
• Fraction of Vegetation Cover - Fcover
  • CYCLOPES Project
  • GEOLAND Project
  • VGT4AFRICA Project
  • POLDER Project
  • AMMA Project
• NDVI
  • POLDER - PARASOL project
  • AMMA project
• Land Surface Reflectance
  • CYCLOPES Project
  • GEOLAND Project
  • POLDER - PARASOL Project
  • GLOBCOVER Project
• Burnt Areas
• Land Cover
• Land Surface Albedo
  • CYCLOPES Project
  • GEOLAND Project
  • POLDER-PARASOL Project
  • AMMA Project
  • VGT4AFRICA Project
• BRDF
  • POLDER-1 - BRDF Data Base - V2.00
  • POLDER-2 - BRDF Data Base - V1.00
  • POLDER-3 - BRDF Data Bases
• Downwelling Shortwave Radiation
  • GEOLAND Project
  • AMMA Project
• Downwelling Longwave Radiation
  • GEOLAND Project
  • AMMA Project
• Land Surface Temperature
  • GEOLAND Project
  • AMMA Project
• Precipitation
• Soil Moisture
• Water Bodies
• Water Level

Leaf Area Index - LAI

The leaf area index (LAI) is defined as half the total foliage area per unit of ground surface (Chen and Black, 1992).
It is assessed using various approaches and algorithms applied to many sensors data (VEGETATION, POLDER, MODIS, AVHRR) in the frame of projects :
  CYCLOPES
  GEOLAND
  VGT4AFRICA
  POLDER
  AMMA.


References :

Chen, J. M. and T. A. Black, Defining leaf area index for non-flat leaves, Plant, Cell and Environment, 15, 421-429, 1992.