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Publications Citing BigFoot Data

List of peer-reviewed publications that cite using BigFoot data.

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Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic	Dataset
Reprocessed MODIS Version 6.1 Leaf Area Index Dataset and Its Evaluation for Land Surface and Climate Modeling	2023	Lin, Wanyi, Yuan, Hua, Dong, Wenzong, Zhang, Shupeng, Liu, Shaofeng, Wei, Nan, Lu, Xingjie, Wei, Zhongwang, Hu, Ying, Dai, Yongjiu	Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Canopy Characteristics	MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 MODIS/Terra+Aqua Leaf Area Index/FPAR 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 MODIS/Terra+Aqua Leaf Area Index/FPAR 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 BigFoot Leaf Area Index Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003 BigFoot Land Cover Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003
Simultaneous Estimation of LAI, PAR, FAPAR, and Surface Albedo at	2023	Li, Juan, Zhan, Xuchen, Xiao, Zhiqiang, Shi, Hanyu, Jiang, Jingyi	Primary Production, Respiration Rate, Biomass, Canopy Characteristics	BigFoot Field Data for North American Sites, 1999-2003
In situ, direct observation of seasonal embolism dynamics in Aleppo pine trees growing on the dry edge of their distribution	2022	Wagner, Yael, Feng, Feng, Yakir, Dan, Klein, Tamir, Hochberg, Uri	Shortwave Radiation, Sunshine, Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Evapotranspiration, Precipitation Amount, Photosynthetically Active Radiation	BIGFOOT Meteorological Data for North and South American Sites, 1991-2004
Determining the accuracy of the Landsat-based land continuous variable estimator	2022	Ma, Han, Xiong, Changhao, Liang, Shunlin, Zhu, Zhiliang, Song, Jinling, Zhang, Yufang, He, Tao	Albedo, Anisotropy, Primary Production, Respiration Rate, Biomass, Canopy Characteristics	MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Albedo Daily L3 Global - 500m V006 MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Albedo Daily L3 Global - 500m V061 BigFoot Field Data for North American Sites, 1999-2003
Developing a Land Continuous Variable Estimator to Generate Daily Land Products From Landsat Data	2022	Ma, Han, Liang, Shunlin, Zhu, Zhiliang, He, Tao	Primary Production, Respiration Rate, Biomass, Canopy Characteristics	BigFoot Field Data for North American Sites, 1999-2003
New global MuSyQ GPP/NPP remote sensing products from 1981 to 2018	2021	Wang, Juanmin, Sun, Rui, Zhang, Helin, Xiao, Zhiqiang, Zhu, Anran, Wang, Mengjia, Yu, Tao, Xiang, Kunlun	Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Land Use/Land Cover Classification	MODIS/Terra Net Primary Production Yearly L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 MODIS/Terra Gross Primary Productivity 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 BigFoot NPP Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2004 MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 BigFoot GPP Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2004 MODIS/Terra Gross Primary Productivity 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V006 MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061
A data assimilation method for simultaneously estimating the multiscale leaf area index from time-series multi-resolution satellite observations	2019	Zhan, Xuchen, Xiao, Zhiqiang, Jiang, Jingyi, Shi, Hanyu	Primary Production, Respiration Rate, Biomass, Canopy Characteristics	BigFoot Field Data for North American Sites, 1999-2003
Landscape variation in canopy nitrogen and carbon assimilation in a temperate mixed forest	2018	Zhou, Zaixing, Ollinger, Scott V., Lepine, Lucie	Primary Production	BigFoot GPP Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2004
WarmingInduced Earlier Greenup Leads to Reduced Stream Discharge in a Temperate Mixed Forest Catchment	2018	Kim, Ji Hyun, Hwang, Taehee, Yang, Yun, Schaaf, Crystal L., Boose, Emery, Munger, J. William	Land Use/Land Cover Classification	BigFoot Land Cover Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003
Increased water yield due to the hemlock woolly adelgid infestation in New England	2017	Kim, Jihyun, Hwang, Taehee, Schaaf, Crystal L., Orwig, David A., Boose, Emery, Munger, J. William	Land Use/Land Cover Classification	BigFoot Land Cover Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003
How Universal Is the Relationship between Remotely Sensed Vegetation Indices and Crop Leaf Area Index? A Global Assessment	2016	Kang, Yanghui, Ozdogan, Mutlu, Zipper, Samuel, Roman, Miguel, Walker, Jeff, Hong, Suk, Marshall, Michael, Magliulo, Vincenzo, Moreno, Jose, Alonso, Luis, Miyata, Akira, Kimball, Bruce, Loheide, Steven	Primary Production, Respiration Rate, Biomass, Canopy Characteristics	BigFoot Field Data for North American Sites, 1999-2003
Global Gap-Free MERIS LAI Time Series (2002-2012)	2016	Tum, Markus, Gunther, Kurt, Bottcher, Martin, Baret, Frederic, Bittner, Michael, Brockmann, Carsten, Weiss, Marie	Canopy Characteristics	BigFoot Leaf Area Index Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003
Water availability predicts forest canopy height at the global scale	2015	Klein, Tamir, Randin, Christophe, Korner, Christian	Shortwave Radiation, Sunshine, Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Evapotranspiration, Precipitation Amount, Photosynthetically Active Radiation	BIGFOOT Meteorological Data for North and South American Sites, 1991-2004
Towards an advanced assessment of the hydrological vulnerability of forests to climate change-induced drought	2014	Klein, Tamir, Yakir, Dan, Buchmann, Nina, Grunzweig, Jose M.	Shortwave Radiation, Sunshine, Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Evapotranspiration, Precipitation Amount, Photosynthetically Active Radiation	BIGFOOT Meteorological Data for North and South American Sites, 1991-2004
Integrating Dendrochronology, Climate and Satellite Remote Sensing to Better Understand Savanna Landscape Dynamics in the Okavango Delta, Botswana	2013	Southworth, Jane, Rigg, Lesley, Gibbes, Cerian, Waylen, Peter, Zhu, Likai, McCarragher, Shannon, Cassidy, Lin	Primary Production, Respiration Rate, Biomass, Canopy Characteristics, Suspended Solids, Soil Classification, Soil Texture	BigFoot Field Data for North American Sites, 1999-2003 Global Soil Types, 1-Degree Grid (Zobler)
Geographical variability of relationships among black carbon from wildfires, climate and vegetation in Africa	2013	Ishii, S, Sato, H, Yamazaki, T	Primary Production	BigFoot NPP Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2004
Bayesian maximum entropy data fusion of field-observed leaf area index (LAI) and Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus-derived LAI	2013	Li, Aihua, Bo, Yanchen, Chen, Ling	Canopy Characteristics	BigFoot Leaf Area Index Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003
Estimating time-series leaf area index based on recurrent nonlinear autoregressive neural networks with exogenous inputs	2012	Chai, Linna, Qu, Yonghua, Zhang, Lixin, Liang, Shunlin, Wang, Jindi	Canopy Characteristics, Land Use/Land Cover Classification	BigFoot Leaf Area Index Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003 BigFoot Land Cover Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003
Hyperspectral remote sensing of foliar nitrogen content	2012	Knyazikhin, Yuri, Schull, Mitchell A., Stenberg, Pauline, Mottus, Matti, Rautiainen, Miina, Yang, Yan, Marshak, Alexander, Latorre Carmona, Pedro, Kaufmann, Robert K., Lewis, Philip, Disney, Mathias I., Vanderbilt, Vern, Davis, Anthony B., Baret, Frederic, Jacquemoud, Stephane, Lyapustin, Alexei, Myneni, Ranga B.	Canopy Characteristics, Land Use/Land Cover Classification	BigFoot Leaf Area Index Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003 BigFoot Land Cover Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003
Satellite detection of increasing Northern Hemisphere non-frozen seasons from 1979 to 2008: Implications for regional vegetation growth	2012	Kim, Youngwook, Kimball, J.S., Zhang, K., McDonald, K.C.	Primary Production	BigFoot NPP Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2004
Bayesian maximum entropy data fusion of field observed LAI and Landsat ETM+ derived LAI	2011	Li, Aihua, Bo, Yanchen, Chen, Ling	Canopy Characteristics	BigFoot Leaf Area Index Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003
Parameter sensitivity of the Arctic BiomeBGC model for estimating evapotranspiration in the Arctic Coastal Plain	2011	Engstrom, Ryan, Hope, Allen	Primary Production, Respiration Rate, Biomass, Canopy Characteristics	BigFoot Field Data for North American Sites, 1999-2003
Reprocessing the MODIS Leaf Area Index products for land surface and climate modelling	2011	Yuan, Hua, Dai, Yongjiu, Xiao, Zhiqiang, Ji, Duoying, Shangguan, Wei	Canopy Characteristics	BigFoot Leaf Area Index Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003
Impacts of including forest understory brightness and foliage clumping information from multiangular measurements on leaf area index mapping over North America	2010	Pisek, Jan, Chen, Jing M., Alikas, Krista, Deng, Feng	Land Use/Land Cover Classification	BigFoot Land Cover Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003
Bryophyte cover estimation in a boreal black spruce forest using airborne lidar and multispectral sensors	2009	Peckham, Scott D., Ahl, Douglas E., Gower, Stith T.	Primary Production, Respiration Rate, Biomass, Canopy Characteristics, Reflectance, Terrain Elevation, Topographic Effects	BigFoot Field Data for North American Sites, 1999-2003 BOREAS RSS-19 1996 CASI At-Sensor Radiance and Reflectance Images BOREAS Scanning Lidar Imager of Canopies by Echo Recovery (SLICER): Level-3 Data
A Bayesian network algorithm for retrieving the characterization of land surface vegetation	2008	Qu, Yonghua, Wang, Jindi, Wan, Huawei, Li, Xiaowen, Zhou, Guoqing	Canopy Characteristics, Land Use/Land Cover Classification	BigFoot Leaf Area Index Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003 BigFoot Land Cover Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003
LAI and fAPAR CYCLOPES global products derived from VEGETATION. Part 2: validation and comparison with MODIS collection 4 products	2007	Weiss, Marie, Baret, Frederic, Garrigues, Sebastien, Lacaze, Roselyne	Canopy Characteristics	BigFoot Leaf Area Index Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003
Comparison and validation of MODIS and VEGETATION global LAI products over four BigFoot sites in North America	2007	Pisek, Jan, Chen, Jing M.	Land Use/Land Cover Classification	BigFoot Land Cover Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003
Validation of the MODIS Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function and Albedo Retrievals Using Combined Observations From the Aqua and Terra Platforms	2006	Salomon, J.G., Schaaf, C.B., Strahler, A.H., Feng Gao, Yufang Jin	Land Use/Land Cover Classification	BigFoot Land Cover Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003
Scaling Gross Primary Production (GPP) over boreal and deciduous forest landscapes in support of MODIS GPP product validation	2003	Turner, David P., Ritts, William D., Cohen, Warren B., Gower, Stith T., Zhao, Maosheng, Running, Steve W., Wofsy, Steven C., Urbanski, Shawn, Dunn, Allison L., Munger, J.W.	Shortwave Radiation, Sunshine, Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Evapotranspiration, Precipitation Amount, Photosynthetically Active Radiation	BIGFOOT Meteorological Data for North and South American Sites, 1991-2004

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