ICESat-2 leaf area index (LAI) Retrieval Comparisons

This dataset can be used to reproduce the results in the paper entitled “Exploring photon-counting laser altimeter ICESat-2 in retrieving LAI and correcting clumping effect.” By Guo et al.
LAI derived from ICESat-2: Leaf Area Index (LAI) derived from ICESat-2 ATL03 data with a segment of 200 m.
Validation data: The 5-m resolution grid LAIs come from Hu et al., 2018, which were derived from airborne LiDAR data and had been validated by the field measurements. 
Hu, R., Yan, G., Nerry, F., Liu, Y., Jiang, Y., Wang, S., et al. (2018). Using Airborne Laser Scanner and Path Length Distribution Model to Quantify Clumping Effect and Estimate Leaf Area Index. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 56(6), 3196-3209. https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2018.2794504