NEON herbaceous biomass and leaf area index (LAI) prototype data, D10 CPER site, 2011

This prototype dataset contains data collected in the early stages of development of protocols for measurement of leaf area index and herbaceous biomass. The data provide an opportunity to compare LAI measurements derived from digital hemispherical photos versus those derived from an LAI-2200 fish-eye optical sensor, all in the context of herbaceous vegetation structure and aboveground and belowground biomass measurements. Based on this prototype and alignment with LAI protocols from the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, digital hemispherical photos were selected as the method for estimating LAI across the Observatory. The data collected in this prototype dataset are most closely related to the ongoing Digital hemispheric photos of plot vegetation (DP1.10017), Herbaceous clip harvest (DP1.10023), and Root sampling tower plots (DP1.10067) data products.