NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent africa
vegetation continent africa from NASA GES-DAAC PAL: Vegetation data by continent from Pathfinder AVHRR.
Documents
| outline | an outline showing all sub-datasets and variables contained in this dataset |
Datasets and variables
| elev | NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent africa elev[ x y |]
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| lat | NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent africa lat[ x y |]
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| lon | NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent africa lon[ x y |]
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| Normalized Difference Vegetation Index | NASA GES-DAAC PAL vegetation continent africa NDVI[ x y | T]
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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
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| x | grid: /x (unitless) ordered (1.) to (1100.) by 1. N= 1100 pts :grid
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| y | grid: /y (unitless) ordered (1.) to (1060.) by 1. N= 1060 pts :grid
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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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