Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH
Volume 6, Issue -, Pages 5-33Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2013.805262
Keywords
earth observation; global environmental change; remote sensing
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- 'Generation and Application of Global Products of Essential Land Variables' project
- National Remote Sensing Center of China, Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2009AA122100]
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Recently, five Global LAnd Surface Satellite (GLASS) products have been released: leaf area index (LAI), shortwave broadband albedo, longwave broadband emissivity, incident short radiation, and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). The first three products cover the years 1982-2012 (LAI) and 1981-2010 (albedo and emissivity) at 1-5 km and 8-day resolutions, and the last two radiation products span the period 2008-2010 at 5 km and 3-h resolutions. These products have been evaluated and validated, and the preliminary results indicate that they are of higher quality and accuracy than the existing products. In particular, the first three products have much longer time series, and are therefore highly suitable for various environmental studies. This paper outlines the algorithms, product characteristics, preliminary validation results, potential applications and some examples of initial analysis of these products.
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