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

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

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time
grid: /T (days since 1960-01-01) ordered [ (1-10 Sep 1997) (11-20 Sep 1997) (21-30 Sep 1997) ... (21-31 Aug 2004)] N= 252 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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255
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0.004
units
unitless
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[ 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.

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