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In a comparative study, novel data from Google Earth Engine (GEE) was tested against traditional ENVI measures to provide LAI estimations. Moreover, it is of important practical significance for institutional networks to quantitatively and accurately estimate LAI, at large areas in a short time, and using appropriate baseline vegetation indices. Therefore, LAI was characterized for ecoregions of Ardabil Province using remote sensing indices extracted from Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI), including the Enhanced Vegetation Index calculated in GEE (EVIG) and ENVI5.3 software (EVIE), as well as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index estimated in ENVI5.3 software (NDVIE). Moreover, a new field measurement method, i.e., the LaiPen LP 100 portable device (LP 100), was used to evaluate the accuracy of the derived indices. Accordingly, the LAI was measured in June and July 2020, in 822 ground points distributed in 16 different ecoregions-sub ecoregions having various plant functional types (PFTs) of the shrub, bush, and tree. The analyses revealed heterogeneous spatial and temporal variability in vegetation indices and LAIs within and between ecoregions. The mean (standard deviation) value of EVIG, EVIE, and NDVIE at a province scale yielded 1.1 (0.41), 2.20 (0.78), and 3.00 (1.01), respectively in June, and 0.67 (0.37), 0.80 (0.63), and 1.88 (1.23), respectively, in July. The highest mean values of EVIG-LAI, EVIE-LAI, and NDVIE-LAI in June are found in Meshginshahr (1.40), Meshginshahr (2.80), and Hir (4.33) ecoregions and in July are found in Andabil ecoregion respectively with values of 1.23, 1.5, and 3.64. The lowest mean values of EVIG-LAI, EVIE-LAI, and NDVIE-LAI in June were observed for Kowsar (0.67), Meshginshahr (1.8), and Neur (2.70) ecoregions, and in July, the Bilesavar ecoregion, respectively, with values of 0.31, 0.31, and 0.81. High correlation and determination coefficients (r &gt; 0.83 and R2 &gt; 0.68) between LP 100 and remote sensing derived LAI were observed in all three PFTs (except for NDVIE-LAI in June with r = 0.56 and R2 = 0.31). On average, all three examined LAI measures tended to underestimate compared to LP 100-LAI (r &gt; 0.42). The findings of the present study could be promising for effective monitoring and proper management of vegetation and land use in the Ardabil Province and other similar areas.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13152879","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,22]],"date-time":"2021-07-22T22:35:31Z","timestamp":1626993331000},"page":"2879","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Leaf Area Index Variations in Ecoregions of Ardabil Province, Iran"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Lida","family":"Andalibi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil 56199-11367, Iran"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7201-1225","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ardavan","family":"Ghorbani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Natural Resources, Water Management Research Center, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil 56199-11367, Iran"}]},{"given":"Mehdi","family":"Moameri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Natural Resources, Water Management Research Center, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil 56199-11367, Iran"}]},{"given":"Zeinab","family":"Hazbavi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Natural Resources, Water Management Research Center, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil 56199-11367, Iran"}]},{"given":"Arne","family":"Nothdurft","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), 331180 Vienna, Austria"}]},{"given":"Reza","family":"Jafari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran"}]},{"given":"Farid","family":"Dadjou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil 56199-11367, Iran"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"609","article-title":"Biomass and leaf area index of Caucasian Hackberry (Celtis caucasica Willd.) in Taileh urban forest, Sanandaj, Iran","volume":"19","author":"Pourhashemi","year":"2011","journal-title":"Iran. 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