Mapping Biophysical Parameters for Land Surface Modeling over the Continental US Using MODIS and Landsat

Figure 2

Leaf area index estimates from SiB2 and MODIS averaged over the continental US for major forests (LC1–LC4), the urban class (LC8), and cropland class (LC12). Note that the MODIS estimates are obtained from LAI values representing an average over an entire pixel, whereas SiB2 estimates are obtained for a specific class (see text for details). Different land cover classes (LCs) are described in Table 1.