Examination of the Quantitative Relationship between Vegetation Canopy Height and LAI

Table 2

Sites statistical distribution in IGBP land cover classification system.

Code	IGBP classification	Obs.	Merge sorting
1	Evergreen needleleaf forest	16	NF
2	Evergreen broadleaf forest	2	BF
3	Deciduous needleleaf forest	19	NF
4	Deciduous broadleaf forest	21	BF
5	Mixed forest	—	—
6	Closed shrublands	1	MF
7	Open shrublands	1	MF
8	Woody savannas	—	—
9	Savannas	4	S
10	Grasslands	14	G
11	Permanent wetlands	—	—
12	Croplands	8	C
14	Cropland/natural vegetation mosaic	—	—
16	Barren or sparsely vegetated	—	—

Note. The table excluded nonvegetation surface types which are urban and built-up (13), snow and ice (15), and water bodies (17). So “—” means that such land cover types do not exist.