As part of a regional study in southwestern Oregon, we demonstrated that a general forest growth model [Physiological
Principles Predicting Growth from Satellites initialized with satellite-derived estimates of canopy light interception (ffp.a), could predict the growth capacity at 18 research sites representing a wide range of forest types
(r2 = 0.76 with an SE of 0.8 m3 ha ÿ 1 yr ÿ 1 , significant at P < 0.01)