Large-scale retrieval of leaf area index and vertical foliage profile from the spaceborne waveform lidar (GLAS/ICESat)
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Characterizing leaf area index (LAI) and vertical foliage profile (VFP) over the United States
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متن کاملInteractive comment on “Characterizing Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Vertical Foliage Profile (VFP) over the United States” by H. Tang et al
The referee is correct about the bias introduced by seasonality, and a simple average of GLAS LAI over different months supports this hypothesis: 3.02 for May, 3.14 for June, 2.93 for October and 2.22 for November. However, we did not exclude the leaf flushing/senescence periods because we tried to maximize the usage of GLAS shots. The GLAS/ICESat mission was not operated year round but deploye...
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تاریخ انتشار 2014