GDO Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) (VIIRS) (version 1.0.0)

Description

The FAPAR indicator used in the Copernicus Global Drought Observatory (GDO) is the satellite-measured biophysical variable Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR, sometimes written as fAPAR or FPAR), composited for 10-day intervals, from its long-term mean values. FAPAR is one of the 50 so-called “Essential Climate Variables” (ECVs) that have been defined by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) as being both feasible for global climate observation, and important to support the work of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Bojinski et al., 2014). FAPAR values and their anomalies have been shown to be good indicators for detecting and assessing drought impacts on plant canopies, such as agricultural crops and natural vegetation (Gobron et al., 2005), and thus provide information that is potentially useful for water and agricultural management purposes. Data considered for the GDO FAPAR indicator are based on the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). The resolution of input data is 500 m, while the resolution of data made available for download in GDO is 0.083 decimal degrees (1/12 decimal degree).

Contact

Email: Alfred.DE-JAGER (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

European and Global Drought Observatories, EDO

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2022): GDO Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) (VIIRS) (version 1.0.0). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/133c2705-bdc2-4f28-a35f-029dbba32d00

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus FAPAR Global Drought Observatory (GDO) Vegetation VIIRS

Data access

Data Download Service (GeoTIFF)

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URL

Data Download Service URL

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Data Download Service (NetCDF)

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URL

FAPAR Anomaly Factsheet

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FAPAR Anomaly Factsheet

Publications

Publication

Global Products of vegetation leaf area and fraction absorbed PAR from year one of MODIS data.

Myneni, R.B., S. Hoffman, Y. Knyazikhin, J. L. Privette, J. Glassy, Y. Tian, Y. Wang, X. Song, Y. Zhang, G.R. Smith, A. Lotsch, M. Friedl, J.T. Morisette, P. Votava, R.R. Nemani, and S.W. Running. 2002. Global Products of vegetation leaf area and fraction absorbed PAR from year one of MODIS data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 83, 214 –231.

DOI

10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00074-3

Spatial coverage

GML

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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((180 90, -180 90, -180 -90, 180 -90, 180 90))

Temporal coverage

From date	To date
2012-01-01	N/A

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2023-03-01
Modified date: 2024-03-25
Issued date: 2022-10-01
Landing page: https://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Environment
Update frequency: three times a month
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/133c2705-bdc2-4f28-a35f-029dbba32d00
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