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NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent north_america

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

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Datasets and variables

NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent north_america elev[ x y |]
NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent north_america lat[ x y |]
NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent north_america lon[ x y |]
NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent north_america NDVI[ x y | T]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time grid: /T (days since 1960-01-01) ordered [ (13-20 Jul 1981) (21-31 Jul 1981) (1-10 Aug 1981) ... (21-30 Sep 2001)] N= 728 pts :grid
x grid: /x (unitless) ordered (1.0) to (1090.0) by 1.0 N= 1090 pts :grid
y grid: /y (unitless) ordered (1.0) to (820.0) by 1.0 N= 820 pts :grid

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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