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NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent

vegetation continent from NASA GES-DAAC PAL: Vegetation data by continent from Pathfinder AVHRR.

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overviewan outline showing sub-datasets of this dataset

Datasets and variables

africa NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent africa[lon lat elev NDVI ]
asia NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent asia[NDVI lon lat elev ]
australia NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent australia[lon elev NDVI lat ]
europe NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent europe[lon lat elev NDVI ]
north_america NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent north_america[lon lat elev NDVI ]
south_america NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent south_america[lon elev NDVI lat ]

References

Brown, O.W., J.W. Brown, and R.H. Evans. 1985. Calibration of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer observations. Journal of Geophysical Research, 90:11667- 11677.

Rao, C.R.N. 1993a. Nonlinearity corrections for the thermal infrared channels of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer: assessment and recommendations. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS-69. NOAA/NESDIS. Washington, DC.

Rao, C.R.N. 1993b. Degradation of the visible and near-infrared channels of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer on the NOAAP9 spacecraft: assessment and recommendations for corrections. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS- 70. NOAA/NESDIS. Washington, DC.

Staylor, W.F. 1990. Degradation rates of the AVHRR visible channel from the NOAA-6, -7, and -9 spacecraft. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 7:411-423.

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