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Satellite remote sensing can achieve large-scale LAI monitoring, but it needs to be calibrated and validated according to the in situ measurements on the ground. In this study, we attempted to use different indirect methods to measure LAI in a tropical secondary forest. These methods included the LAI-2200 plant canopy analyzer (LAI-2200), Digital Hemispherical Photography (DHP), Tracing Radiation and Architecture of Canopies (TRAC), and Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) (using single-station and multi-station measurements, respectively). Additionally, we tried to correct the measured LAI by obtaining indicators of woody components and clumping effects. The results showed that the LAI of this forest was large, with estimated values of 5.27 \u00b1 1.16, 3.69 \u00b1 0.74, 5.86 \u00b1 1.09, 4.93 \u00b1 1.33, and 3.87 \u00b1 0.89 for LAI-2200, DHP, TRAC, TLS multi-station, and TLS single-station, respectively. There was a significant correlation between the different methods. LAI-2200 was significantly correlated with all other methods (p &lt; 0.01), with the strongest correlation with DHP (r = 0.684). TRAC was significantly correlated with TLS single-station (p &lt; 0.01, r = 0.283). TLS multi-station was significantly correlated with TLS single-station (p &lt; 0.05, r = 0.266). With the multi-station measurement method, TLS could maximize the compensation for measurement bias due to the shadowing effects. In general, the clumping index of this forest was 0.94 \u00b1 0.05, the woody-to-total area ratio was 3.23 \u00b1 2.22%, and the total correction coefficient was 1.03 \u00b1 0.07. After correction, the LAI estimates for all methods were slightly higher than before, but there was no significant difference among them. Based on the performance assessment of existing ground-based methods, we hope to enhance the inter-calibration between methods to improve their estimation accuracy under complex forest conditions and advance the validation of remote sensing inversion of the LAI. 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