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Estimating LAI is helpful for understanding vegetation growth and global ecological processes. Machine learning methods such as k-nearest neighbors (kNN) and random forest (RF) with remote sensing images have been widely used for mapping LAI. However, the accuracy of mapping LAI in arid and semi-arid areas using these methods is limited due to remote and large areas, the high cost of collecting field data, and the great spatial variability of the vegetation canopy. Here, a novel and modified kNN method was presented for mapping LAI in arid and semi-arid areas of China using Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 images with field data collected in Ganzhou and Kangbao of China. The modified kNN was developed by integrating the traditional kNN estimation and RF classification. The results were compared with those from kNN and RF regression alone using three sets of input predictors: (i) spectral reflectance bands (input 1); (ii) vegetation indices (input 2); and (iii) a combination of spectral reflectance bands and vegetation indices (input 3). Our analysis showed that in Ganzhou, the red-edge bands of the Sentinel-2 image had a high correlation with LAI. Using the red-edge band-derived vegetation indices increased the accuracy of mapping LAI compared with using other spectral variables. Among the three sets of input predictors, input 3 resulted in the highest prediction accuracy. Based on the combination, the values of RMSE obtained by the traditional kNN, RF, and modified kNN were 0.526, 0.523, and 0.372, respectively, and the modified kNN significantly improved the accuracy of LAI prediction by 29.3% and 28.9% compared with the kNN and RF alone, respectively. A similar improvement was achieved for input 1 and input 2. In Kangbao, the improvement of the prediction accuracy obtained by the modified kNN was 31.4% compared with both the kNN and RF. Therefore, this study implied that the modified kNN provided the potential to improve the accuracy of mapping LAI in arid and semi-arid regions using the images.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs12111884","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,15]],"date-time":"2020-06-15T05:56:27Z","timestamp":1592200587000},"page":"1884","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":29,"title":["A Modified KNN Method for Mapping the Leaf Area Index in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas of China"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1940-9952","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fugen","family":"Jiang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Center of Forestry Remote Sensing &amp; Information Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Forestry Remote Sensing Based Big Data &amp; Ecological Security for Hunan Province, Changsha  410004, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Forest Resources Management and Monitoring in Southern Area, Changsha    410004, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8580-278X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrew R.","family":"Smith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9996-2653","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mykola","family":"Kutia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Bangor College China, Bangor University, 498 Shaoshan Rd., Changsha 410004, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5419-4547","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Guangxing","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Center of Forestry Remote Sensing &amp; Information Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"},{"name":"Department of Geography and Environmental Resources, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA"}]},{"given":"Hua","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5401-6783","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hua","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Center of Forestry Remote Sensing &amp; Information Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Forestry Remote Sensing Based Big Data &amp; Ecological Security for Hunan Province, Changsha  410004, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Forest Resources Management and Monitoring in Southern Area, Changsha    410004, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Neinavaz, E., Darvishzadeh, R., Skidmore, A.K., and Abdullah, H. 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