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

Table 3

Average peak LAI and LAI range for the Eastern US estimated from MODIS algorithm, SiB2, and observations from Steyaert and Knox (S&K) (2008) [32]. Roughness length estimates are from SiB2, S&K (2008) [32], and Borak et al. (2005) [34]. See text for details.

Land cover	Peak LAI			LAI range			Roughness
	MODIS	SiB2	S&K 2008 [32]	MODIS	SiB2	S&K 2008 [32]	SiB2	S&K 2008 [32]	Borak et al. 2005 [34]^∗
LC1	3.28	5.04	5.00	1.92	0.20	1.00	2.80	2.30	NA
LC2	3.52	5.05	5.00	3.14	3.95	4.00	0.90	1.50	1.60
LC3	3.50	6.20	5.50	2.83	3.49	2.50	1.20	1.20	1.60
LC4	2.09	5.17	5.50	1.55	2.70	1.00	1.20	1.35	1.36
LC5	1.29	5.40	NA	1.23	4.25	NA	1.20	NA	NA
LC6	2.46	3.46	3.13	1.88	1.96	2.13	0.10	0.60	0.09
LC7	1.36	2.56	2.00	1.07	1.89	1.50	0.10	0.02	0.06
LC8	0.71	0.07	0.00	0.63	0.02	0.00	2.50	2.00	NA
LC9	1.10	2.66	0.70	0.88	1.91	0.60	0.07	0.05	0.08
LC11	0.35	0.38	0.70	0.27	0.25	0.60	0.08	NA	NA
LC12	2.66	4.07	5.00	2.33	3.24	4.50	0.10	0.06	0.08

^∗Values estimated using the normalized mean / developed by Borak et al. (2005) [32] and the height allocated to similar biomes in SiB2.