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Multiple LAI products have been generated from satellite observations, many of which suffer from data discontinuities due to persistent cloud contamination and retrieval algorithm inaccuracies. This study proposes an extended data-based mechanistic method (EDBM) for estimating LAI time series from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data. The data-based mechanistic model is universalized to supply the LAI background information, and then the vegetation canopy radiative-transfer model (PROSAIL) is coupled to calculate reflectances with the same observation geometry as MODIS reflectance data. The ensemble Kalman filter (ENKF) is introduced to improve LAI estimation based on the difference between simulated and observed reflectances. Field measurements from seven Benchmark Land Multisite Analysis and Intercomparison of Products (BELMANIP) sites and reference maps from the Imagine-S project La Albufera, Spain site were used to validate the model. The results demonstrate that when compared with field measurements, the LAI time-series estimates obtained using this approach were superior to those obtained with the MODIS 500 m resolution LAI product. The root mean square errors (RMSE) of the MODIS LAI product and of the LAI estimated with the proposed method were 1.26 and 0.5, respectively. When compared with reference LAI maps, the results indicate that the estimated LAI is spatially and temporally consistent with LAI reference maps. 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