The Effects of Remotely Sensed Plant Functional Type and Leaf Area Index on Simulations of Boreal Forest Surface Fluxes by the NCAR Land Surface Model.

Presents a study which used land cover and leaf area index datasets to develop and test a methodology for incorporating satellite data into the United States National Center for Atmospheric Research land surface model. Disadvantages of the biome approach to simulating land surface fluxes; Methodology used; Results and discussion.