Field observations of green LAI in the Rur catchment (Germany) for winter wheat, sugar beet, and maize, 2008 - 2012

LAI field measurements used in Reichenau et. al (2016), "Spatial Heterogeneity of Leaf Area Index (LAI) and its Temporal Course on Arable Land: Combining Field Measurements, Remote Sensing and Simulation in a Comprehensive Data Analysis Approach (CDAA)". Name of th dataset in the article: field. The zip-File contains a data-file (LAI_field_obs.csv) and an information file (README). The data-file contains a table with point observations of green LAI in the northern part of Rur catchment (Juelicher Boerde). LAI was determined destructively on several points per field and several dates per growing season as described by Reichenau et al. (2016). Data was filtered for outliers, only high quality data was used for the analysis. For information on columns, abbreviations, etc. read the README file.