public read uid=supersite,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all uid=eamus,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all uid=cleverly,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all Professor Derek Eamus University of Technology Sydney

Terrestrial Ecohydrology Research Group, School of Life Sciences PO Box 123 Broadway NSW 2007 Australia

02 9514 4154 Derek.Eamus@uts.edu.au Leaf area index (LAI) can be defined as the total one sided area of leaf tissue per unit area of ground and is a key derived parameter that is associated with water and light interception, radiation transfer, water and carbon exchange. Canopy cover can be defined as the fraction of ground shaded by the vertical projection of tree crowns. These measures may be used as proxies for actual canopy leaf area. Leaf area index is the preferred measure of cover for vegetation and is a key variable used in total biomass estimation and in carbon cycling prediction models. Indirect measures of LAI include digital photographic methods using flat or hemispherical images, referred to respectively as Digital Cover Photography (DCP) and (Digital Hemispheric Photography (DHP). LAI measurements are carried out at each SuperSite using the most appropriate method for the vegetation type present. Digital Cover Photography (DCP) was carried out at the Alice Mulga SuperSite Core 1 ha on 8 Aug 2014 and 27 Nov 2014. Leaf Area Index images are available for viewing and download from the TERN SuperSites BioImage Portal http://bioimages.supersites.net.au/data/lai/alic/default Alice Mulga SuperSite Core 1 ha Leaf Area Index Digital Canopy Photography 0501 0602 0607 anz-src CC-BY-4_0 Download data from the TERN SuperSites BioImage Portal http://bioimages.supersites.net.au/data/lai/alic/default All measurements were collected from within the Alice Springs Mulga SuperSite Core 1 ha 133.25 133.25 -22.28 -22.28 2014 Dr James Cleverly University of Technology Sydney

Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster PO Box 123 Broadway NSW 2076 Australia

0430 379 817 james.cleverly@uts.edu.au

LAI image collection was carried out generally as described in SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocols, TERN Australian SuperSite Network, http://dx.doi.org/10.4227/05/56134C1310F16

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