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

Table 2

Biophysical parameters in the data file for each land cover class.

Order	Name	Definition	Unit	Fill value
1	FPAR	Fraction of photosynthetically active radiation	Unitless	−999
2	LAI	Total leaf area index	m^2·m^−2	−999
3		Canopy greenness fraction	Unitless	−999
4		Canopy roughness length	Meter (m)	−999
5		Canopy zero-plane displacement	Meter (m)	−999
6		Bulk boundary-layer resistance	(m s^−1)^1/2	−999
7		Ground to canopy air-space resistance	Unitless	−999