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We find that overall, the BEPS-simulated crop gross primary production (GPP), net primary production (NPP), and LAI time-series can explain 82%, 83%, and 85%, respectively, of the variation in the above-ground biomass (AGB) for six selected annual crops, while an application of individual crop LAI explains only 50% of the variation in AGB. The linear relationships between the AGB and these three indicators (GPP, NPP and LAI time-series) are rather high for the six crops, while the slopes of the regression models vary for individual crop type, indicating the need for calibration of key photosynthetic parameters and carbon allocation coefficients. This study demonstrates that accumulated GPP and NPP derived from an ecosystem model, driven by Sentinel-2 LAI data and abiotic data, can be effectively used for crop AGB mapping; the temporal information from LAI is also effective in AGB mapping for some crop types.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13040806","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,22]],"date-time":"2021-02-22T20:42:51Z","timestamp":1614026571000},"page":"806","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Crop Biomass Mapping Based on Ecosystem Modeling at Regional Scale Using High Resolution Sentinel-2 Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4010-6814","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Liming","family":"He","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada"},{"name":"Laboratory of Environmental Model and Data Optima, Laurel, MD 20707, USA"},{"name":"Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E4, Canada"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9895-8385","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rong","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada"},{"name":"School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China"}]},{"given":"Georgy","family":"Mostovoy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Environmental Model and Data Optima, Laurel, MD 20707, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7760-2788","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jane","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada"}]},{"given":"Jing M.","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada"}]},{"given":"Jiali","family":"Shang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6AAFC, Canada"}]},{"given":"Jiangui","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6AAFC, Canada"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1006-0018","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Heather","family":"McNairn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6AAFC, Canada"}]},{"given":"Jarrett","family":"Powers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Science and Technology Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3G7, Canada"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2455","DOI":"10.1016\/j.biombioe.2011.02.028","article-title":"A review of remote sensing methods for biomass feedstock production","volume":"35","author":"Ahamed","year":"2011","journal-title":"Biomass Bioenergy"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"414","DOI":"10.1016\/j.biombioe.2019.02.002","article-title":"Estimation methods developing with remote sensing information for energy crop biomass: A comparative review","volume":"122","author":"Chao","year":"2019","journal-title":"Biomass Bioenergy"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"51","DOI":"10.1016\/j.compag.2013.10.010","article-title":"Winter wheat biomass estimation based on spectral indices, band depth analysis and partial least squares regression using hyperspectral measurements","volume":"100","author":"Fu","year":"2014","journal-title":"Comput. 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