Abstract: Fractional vegetation cover (σ?) is needed in the modeling of the land?atmosphere exchanges of momentum, energy, water, and trace gases. From global 1-km, 10-day composite Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer normalized ...

Abstract: Fractional vegetation cover (FVC) is one of the most important variables in land surface modeling and also provides a continuous field to complement discrete land cover classification. A global 8-km FVC dataset for 1982?2000 ...

Abstract: The sensitivity of surface energy and water fluxes to recent land cover changes is simulated for a small region in northern Mato Grosso, Brazil. The Simple Biosphere Model (SiB2) is used, driven by biophysical parameters ...

Abstract: The Brazilian government annually assesses the extent of deforestation in the Legal Amazon for a variety of scientific and policy applications. Currently, the assessment requires the processing and storing of large volumes ...