Leaf area index (LAI) is a dimensionless quantity that characterizes plant canopies. It is defined as the one-sided green leaf area per unit ground surface...

Specific leaf area (SLA) is the ratio of leaf area to leaf dry mass. The inverse of SLA is Leaf Mass per Area (LMA). Specific leaf area is a ratio indicating...

canopies, as well as to estimate aspects of canopy structure such as leaf area index. Detailed treatments of field and analytical methodology have been...

regions. Satellite measurements found increasing leaf area index for 25% to 50% of Earth's vegetated area over the past 35 years (i.e., a greening of the...

of vegetation properties from the value of this index. Typical examples include the Leaf Area Index, biomass, chlorophyll concentration in leaves, plant...

the Earth's surface. Measurements of vegetation attributes include leaf area index (LAI), percent green cover, chlorophyll content, green biomass and...

Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is chlorophyll sensitive, the EVI is more responsive to canopy structural variations, including leaf area index (LAI), canopy...

development of leaves Leaf area index Leaf protein concentrate Leaf sensor – a device that measures the moisture level in plant leaves Leaf shape Vernation –...

increases with density, but also the Leaf Area Index (LAI, leaf area per ground area). The higher the Leaf Area Index, the higher the fraction of intercepted...

ground area, Ag the ground area occupied by a crop, A the total amount of leaf area on that ground area, and LAI the Leaf Area Index, the amount of leaf area...

problem. Only a low proportion of the incoming light is absorbed. The leaf area index of cumin is low (about 1.5). This might be a problem because weeds...

case of certain maize varieties, but tend to use a trapezoidal or leaf area index (LAI) curve for common crop or vegetation canopies. Stress coefficients...

precipitation in temperate climate. The interception depends on the leaf area index and what kind of leaves they are. Interception may increase erosion...

surface. The stomatal conductance gs accounts for the effect of leaf density (Leaf Area Index), water stress, and CO2 concentration in the air, that is to...

arrangement (three-dimensional geometry) of a plant canopy. Leaf area index, leaf area per unit ground area, is a key measure used to understand and compare plant...

Detailed vegetation and forest monitoring and parameter generation (e.g. leaf area index, chlorophyll concentration, carbon mass estimations) Observation of...

assimilation of carbon dioxide in vegetation in conjunction with the leaf area index. FAPAR can also be used as an indicator of the state and evolution...

production; PFT, plant functional type; SAW, soil available water; LAI, leaf area index; I, solar radiation; T, air temperature; Wr, root zone water supply;...

needed] Land surface characteristics such as surface albedo, leaf area index, vegetation index and surface temperature are derived from satellite imagery...

adult leaves that have non photosynthesising tissue. LAI Index (Leaf Area Index): measures the leaf surface per m2 of meadow. Coefficient "A": percentage...

were 50  cm taller had twice the leaf area index, reached anthesis 7 days later and had a 30% higher harvest index than C0 (Table 1) [clarification needed]...

Leaf plastocron index is a measure of plant leaf age based on morphological development (the plastochron). It is useful in studying plant development requiring...

During the growth and maturation stage, water deficits will reduce the leaf area index and lead to barrenness, which negatively affects photosynthesis and...

angle, and placement of the leaves (which can be measured by the leaf area index and leaf angle distribution), as well as the albedo of the background soil...

019. Zhao, Kaiguang; Popescu, Sorin (2009). "Lidar-based mapping of leaf area index and its use for validating GLOBCARBON satellite LAI product in a temperate...

accommodation without cutting down an area of forest. Canopy (biology) Leaf Area Index Nalini Nadkarni, American ecologist who pioneered the study of Costa...

Elizabeth A (13 March 2023). "Reductions in leaf area index, pod production, seed size, and harvest index drive yield loss to high temperatures in soybean"...

gross primary productivity (GPP), net primary productivity (NPP), and leaf area index (LAI), can provide insights into the reactions of ecosystems to flash...

ISSN 1680-7324. Li Q, Lu X, Wang Y, Huang X, Cox PM, Luo Y (November 2018). "Leaf Area Index identified as a major source of variability in modelled CO2 fertilization"...

moisture, resulting in complex and highly variable relationships between leaf area index (measuring light interception) and moisture loss: more generally plants...