MODIS Leaf Area Index estimates for Alaska: 2002

• Main Authors: Verbyla, Dave L., Bonanza Creek LTER
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Bonanza; Poker Creek; Caribou-Poker Creek Research Watershed; taiga; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/12fe8efdd6fa0addd97087e90c7d98cd; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-bnz.6.20

The MODIS Leaf Area Index (LAI) Product is a global product produced every 8 days. The Leaf Area Index is estimated by a radiative transfer model assuming a given distribution of biome types within each pixel. The LAI Product was evaluated for the period of May 2002 to September 2002. The temporal p...