EU JRC IES GVM FAPAR WestAfrica monthly fapar: Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) data

FAPAR WestAfrica monthly Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) from EU JRC IES GVM: Global Vegetation Monitoring Unit.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)
grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Sep 1997) to (Aug 2004) by 1.0 N= 84 pts :grid
Longitude (longitude)
grid: /X (degree_east) ordered (12.99008W) to (7.990085E) by 0.01983003 N= 1059 pts :grid
Latitude (latitude)
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (16.99026N) to (4.009745N) by 0.01949026 N= 667 pts :grid

Other Info

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1
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255
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1.0
scale_factor
0.004
units
unitless
valid_range
[ 0 250 ]

References

Gobron, N., B. Pinty, F. Mélin, M. Taberner and M. M. Verstraete (2002) Sea Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) - An Optimized FAPAR Algorithm - Theoretical Basis Document, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, EUR Report No. 20148 EN, 20 pp.

N. Gobron, B. Pinty, O. Aussedat, J. Chen, W. B. Cohen, R. Fensholt, V. Gond, K. F. Hummerich, T. Lavergne, F. Mélin, J. L. Privette, I. Sandholt, M. Taberner, D. P. Turner, M. M. Verstraete & J.-L. Widlowski (2006) ‘Evaluation of FAPAR products for different canopy radiation transfer regimes: Methodology and results using JRC products derived from SeaWiFS against ground-based estimations ’, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D13110, doi: 10.1029/2005JD006511.

Last updated: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:51:21 GMT

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