Towards A Spatial Understanding Of Water Use Of Several Land-Cover Classes: An Examination Of Relationships Amongst Pre-Dawn Leaf Water Potential, Vegetation Water Use, Aridity And Modis Lai

Abstract

Leaf area index (LAI) is a key physical variable which controls the exchange of water and CO, between the earth and the atmosphere. Recent improvements in the quality of satellite-derived estimates of LAI, specifically the MODIS LAI product, have led to