• Method comparison of indirect assessments of understory leaf area index (LAIu): A case study across the extended network of ICOS forest ecosystem sites in Europe 

      George, Jan-Peter; Yang, Wei; Kobayashi, Hideki; Biermann, Tobias; Carrara, Arnaud; Cremonese, Edoardo; Cuntz, Matthias; Fares, Silvano; Gerosa, Giacomo; Grünwald, Thomas; Hase, Niklas; Heliasz, Michael; Ibrom, Andreas; Knohl, Alexander; Kruijt, Bart; Lange, Holger; Limousin, Jean-Marc; Loustau, Denis; Lukeš, Petr; Marzuoli, Riccardo; Mölder, Meelis; Montagnani, Leonardo; Neirynck, Johan; Peichl, Matthias; Rebmann, Corinna; Schmidt, Marius; Serrano, Francisco Ramon Lopez; Soudani, Kamel; Vincke, Caroline; Pisek, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-31)
      Leaf area index (LAI) is a key ecological indicator for describing the structure of canopies and for modelling energy exchange between atmosphere and biosphere. While LAI of the forest overstory can be accurately assessed ...
    • Retrieval and validation of forest background reflectivity from daily Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) data across European forests 

      Pisek, Jan; Erb, Angela; Korhonen, Lauri; Biermann, Tobias; Carrara, Arnaud; Cremonese, Edoardo; Cuntz, Matthias; Fares, Silvano; Gerosa, Giacomo; Grünwald, Thomas; Hase, Niklas; Heliasz, Michal; Ibrom, Andreas; Knohl, Alexander; Kobler, Johannes; Kruijt, Bart; Lange, Holger; Leppänen, Leena; Limousin, Jean-Marc; Serrano, Francisco Ramon Lopez; Loustau, Denis; Lukes, Petr; Lundin, Lars; Marzuoli, Riccardo; Mölder, Meelis; Montagnani, Leonardo; Neirynck, Johan; Peichl, Matthias; Rebmann, Corinna; Rubio, Eva; Santos-Reis, Margarida; Schaaf, Crystal; Schmidt, Marius; Simioni, Guillaume; Soudani, Kamel; Vincke, Caroline (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01-27)
      Information about forest background reflectance is needed for accurate biophysical parameter retrieval from forest canopies (overstory) with remote sensing. Separating under- and overstory signals would enable more accurate ...