| Table 3: Available LAI products with global coverage. |
| | Sensor | Coverage | Project/product | Spatial resolution | Temporal resolution | Temporal availability |
| | AVHRR | Global | ISLSCP | 1° (×km) | Monthly | 1987-1988 | | NOAA-9 | | and NOAA-11 | | AVHRR | Global | Boston University | 0.5° (×km) | Monthly | 07/1981 to 05/2001 | | AVHRR | Global | Boston University | 16 km | Monthly | 07/1981 to 05/2001 | | AVHRR | Global | Ecoclimap | 1 km | Monthly | 1992 to 1993 | | 1997 | | VEGETATION | Global | Cyclopes | 1 km | 10 days | 1999 to 2003 | | VEGETATION | Global | Geoland | 0.5° | 10 days | 2002 to 2003 | | VEGETATION | Global | Globcarbon | 1 km/10 km/0.25°/0.5° | 10 days | 1998 to 2007 | | ATSR | | POLDER | Global | Polder-1 | 6 km | 10 days | 1996 to 1997 | | POLDER | Global | Polder-2 | 6 km | 10 days | 2003 | | MODIS | Global | MOD15A2 | 1 km | Daily and 8 days | 2000 until present | | TERRA/AQUA | | MODIS | Global | MOD15A3 | 1 km | 4 days | July 2002 until present | | TERRA/AQUA combined |
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NASA: national aeronautics and space administration.
AVHRR: advanced very high resolution radiometer.
ISLSCP: international land surface climatology project.
MODIS: moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer.
POLDER: polarization and directionality of the earth’s reflectance.
VEGETATION: vegetation sensor aboard spot4 and spot5 satellites.
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