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ENVI and NetCDF | https://remote-sensing.nci.org.au/u39/public/html/modis/fractionalcover-clw |
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MODIS NBAR-derived 16-days fractional cover of Photosynthetic Vegetation (PV), Non-Photosynthetic Vegetation (NPV) and Bare Soil (BS).
Data are MODIS NBAR-derived 16-days fractional cover of Photosynthetic Vegetation (PV), Non-Photosynthetic Vegetation (NPV) and Bare Soil (BS). Fractional cover represents the exposed proportion of PV, NPV or BS within each pixel. In forested canopies the photosynthetic or non-photosynthetic portions of trees may obscure those of the grass layer and/or bare soil.
Fractional cover was derived using a linear unmixing methodology (Guerschman et al. 2009). The method uses the NDVI and the ratio of MODIS bands 7 and 6 (2100 and 1600 nm respectively).
The method was originally developed for the Australian tropical savannas and was evaluated using field measurements of grass curing in ten sites, of which six are in the tropical savannas and four are located in grasslands in the west and south east of Australia. The resulting method has been applied to the whole Australian Continent.
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Spatial resolution (metres) | 500 m |
Spatial coverage (degrees) | 110.000000 to 155.001329 E, -10.000000 to -45.000512 N |
Temporal resolution | 16 days |
Temporal coverage | 2000-02-18 to near present |
Sensor & platform | MODIS Terra and Aqua |
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Spatial representation type | grid |
Spatial reference system | WGS 84 |
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Name | Dr Juan Pablo Guerschman |
Organisation | CSIRO Land and Water |
Position | Research scientist |
Juan.Guerschman@csiro.au | |
Role | author |
Address | GPO Box 1666, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia |
Telephone | +61 2 6246 5880) |
URL | http://www.csiro.au |
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Name | Michael J. Hill |
Organisation | Earth System Science and Policy, University of North Dakota |
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hillmj@aero.und.edu | |
Role | author |
Address | United States of America |
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GCMD | BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION COVER |
CF | vegetation_area_fraction |
FoR | Environmental Sciences > Ecological Applications = 0501 |
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