The technology of the LAI-2200 Plant Canopy Analyzer has become invaluable to a wide range of applications, including studies of canopy growth, canopy productivity, forest vigor, canopy fuel load, air pollution deposition modeling, insect defoliation studies and remote sensing.

LAI is also one of the fundamental measurements associated with carbon flux studies and global carbon cycle research. The technology of the LAI-2200 and its predecessor, the LAI-2000, is the most commonly used indirect LAI measurememt technology worldwide.