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contributor authorMoody, Eric G.
contributor authorKing, Michael D.
contributor authorSchaaf, Crystal B.
contributor authorPlatnick, Steven
date accessioned2017-06-09T16:22:16Z
date available2017-06-09T16:22:16Z
date copyright2008/11/01
date issued2008
identifier issn1558-8424
identifier otherams-66622.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4207979
description abstractFive years (2000?04) of spatially complete snow-free land surface albedo data have been produced using high-quality-flagged diffuse bihemispherical (white sky) and direct-beam directional hemispherical (black sky) land surface albedo data derived from observations taken by the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard the NASA Terra satellite platform (MOD43B3, collection 4). In addition, a spatially complete snow-free aggregate albedo climatological product was generated. These spatially complete products were prepared using an ecosystem-dependent temporal interpolation technique that retrieves missing data within 3%?8% error. These datasets have already been integrated into research and operational projects that require snow-free land surface albedo. As such, this paper provides details regarding the spatial and temporal distribution of the filled versus the original MOD43B3 data. The paper also explores the intra- and interannual variation in the 5-yr data record and provides a qualitative comparison of zonal averages and annual cycles of the filled versus the original MOD43B3 data. The analyses emphasize the data?s inter- and intraannual variation and show that the filled data exhibit large- and small-scale phenological behavior that is qualitatively similar to that of the original MOD43B3. These analyses thereby serve to showcase the inherent spectral, spatial, and temporal variability in the MOD43B3 data as well as the ability of the fill technique to preserve these unique regional and pixel-level phenological characteristics.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleMODIS-Derived Spatially Complete Surface Albedo Products: Spatial and Temporal Pixel Distribution and Zonal Averages
typeJournal Paper
journal volume47
journal issue11
journal titleJournal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
identifier doi10.1175/2008JAMC1795.1
journal fristpage2879
journal lastpage2894
treeJournal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology:;2008:;volume( 047 ):;issue: 011
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