Modeling the Leaf Area Index of Inner Mongolia Grassland Based on Machine Learning Regression Algorithms Incorporating Empirical Knowledge

Beibei Shen1, Lei Ding2, Leichao Ma3, Zhenwang Li4, Alim Pulatov5, Zheenbek Kulenbekov6, Jiquan Chen7, Saltanat Mambetova8, Lulu Hou9, Dawei Xu1, Xu Wang1 and Xiaoping Xin1, (1)CAAS Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, (3)China Geological Survey, Beijing, China, (4)Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China, (5)EcoGIS center, National Research University “Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers” (TIIAME), Tashkent, Uzbekistan, (6)American University of Central Asia, Department of Applied Geology, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, (7)Michigan State University, Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, East Lansing, United States, (8)Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, (9)Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China