Characterizing leaf area index (LAI) and vertical foliage profile (VFP) over  the United States

Tang, H.; Ganguly, S.; Zhang, G.; Hofton, M. A.; Nelson, R. F.; Dubayah, R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-239-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-239-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-239-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

Research article

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15 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 15 Jan 2016

Characterizing leaf area index (LAI) and vertical foliage profile (VFP) over the United States

H. Tang, S. Ganguly, G. Zhang, M. A. Hofton, R. F. Nelson, and R. Dubayah

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SC C4659: 'Great large-scale data of leaf area along different canopy height levels', Zhan Li, 24 Aug 2015
- AC C4814: 'understory measurement of GLAS', Hao Tang, 28 Aug 2015
RC C4755: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Aug 2015
RC C5452: 'Solid validation expected', Hongliang Fang, 16 Sep 2015
AC C7831: 'responses to all referees', Hao Tang, 20 Nov 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (23 Nov 2015) by Michael Bahn

AR by Hao Tang on behalf of the Authors (26 Nov 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 Nov 2015) by Michael Bahn

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (15 Dec 2015)

ED: Publish as is (17 Dec 2015) by Michael Bahn

AR by Hao Tang on behalf of the Authors (18 Dec 2015)

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This paper provides a unique insight into vertical distribution of leaf area index across North American ecosystems using spaceborne lidar data. This data set of leaf area index and vertical foliage profile can help set up a baseline of canopy structure needed for evaluating climate and land use induced forest changes at continental scale in the future.