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noaa-ncdc-c00898

NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR), Version 4

This dataset contains gridded daily Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) derived from the NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Surface Reflectance. The dataset spans from 1981 to 10 days from the present using data from seven NOAA polar orbiting satellites: NOAA-7, -9, -11, -14, -16, -17, and -18. The data are projected on a 0.05 degree x 0.05 degree global grid. The Version 4 Land Surface CDR products were produced by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and the University of Maryland. The product was converted from HDF to netCDF-4 with CF metadata, and is accompanied by algorithm documentation, data flow diagram and source code for the NOAA CDR Program.

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/cdr/lai/catalog.html

The spatial range for this dataset is -90.0° to 90.0° latitude, and -180.0° to 180.0° longitude. map (center)

Also known as :

• identifier 387a7a6a-c217-4867-b59c-3ceed8c77c16 (datagov lexicon)
• dataset noaa-climate-data-record-cdr-of-leaf-area-index-lai-and-fraction-of-absorbed-photosynthetically (datagov lexicon)