ASDC | DSCOVR_EPIC_L2_VESDR

DSCOVR Level 2

Entry Title: DSCOVR EPIC Level 2 Vegetation Earth System Data Record (VESDR), Version 1

Entry ID: DSCOVR_EPIC_L2_VESDR_01

Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget

Description

DSCOVR_EPIC_L2_VESDR_01 is the Deep Space Climate ObserVatoRy (DSCOVR) EPIC Level 2 Vegetation Earth System Data Record (VESDR), Version 1 data product. It provides Leaf Area Index (LAI) and diurnal courses of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Sunlit Leaf Area Index (SLAI), Fraction of incident Photosynthetically Active Radiation (400-700 nm) absorbed by the vegetation (FPAR) and Directional Area Scattering Function (DASF). The parameters at 10 km sinusoidal grid and 65 to 110 minute temporal frequency are generated from the upstream DSCOVR EPIC L2 MAIAC (version 01) surface reflectance product.

FPAR, LAI, SLAI are useful for monitoring variability and change in global vegetation due to climate and anthropogenic influences, modeling climate, carbon and water cycles, and improving forecasting of near surface weather. DASF provides information critical to accounting for structural contributions to measurements of leaf biochemistry from remote sensing. Whereas LAI is a standard product of many satellite missions, diurnal courses of global FPAR, NDVI, SLAI and DASF are new satellite derived products. product.

We also provide two ancillary science data products. They are "Version 1 10 km Land Cover Type" and "Version 1 Distribution of Land Cover Types within 10 km pixel." These products were derived from 500m MODIS land cover type 3 product (MCDLCHKM), which was generated from 2008, 2009 and 2010 land cover products (MCD12Q1, v051). The products are available from the NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center.

A detailed description of the version 1 VESDR and ancillary science data products can be found in “VESDR Science Data Product Guide, version 1”. Section “USER'S GUIDE” provides links to this document as well as to the two ancillary science data products.

DOI

10.5067/EPIC/DSCOVR/L2_VESDR.001

Publications which Cite this Collection

Marshak, Alexander; Delgado-Bonal, Alfonso; Knyazikhin, Yuri (2021). Effect of Scattering Angle on Earth Reflectance.

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PUBLICATIONS

Estimation of leaf area index and its sunlit portion from DSCOVR EPIC data: Theoretical basis

READ-ME

Earth Observation Portal Page for DSCOVR Mission Information

USER FEEDBACK PAGE

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USER'S GUIDE

DSCOVR EPIC Vegetation Earth System Data Record Science Data Product Guide Version 1

From GCMD Science Keywords:

FOREST COMPOSITION/VEGETATION STRUCTURE
REFORESTATION
CANOPY TRANSMITTANCE
CANOPY CHARACTERISTICS
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI) > VEGETATION INDEX
RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION
AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCE
AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION
BIOMASS
LEAF CHARACTERISTICS
VEGETATION INDEX
NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI) > VEGETATION INDEX
VEGETATION COVER

Directional Area Scattering Function
Fraction of Incident Par Absorbed By The Vegetation
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
Sunlit LAI (Leaf Area Index)

Data Distribution

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Horizontal Resolution Range: 10 km - < 50 km or approximately .09 degree - < .5 degree
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

CONTINENT AFRICA ANTARCTICA ASIA AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA ARCTIC EASTERN HEMISPHERE EQUATORIAL EURASIA GLOBAL GLOBAL LAND GLOBAL OCEAN MID-LATITUDE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE OCEANIA POLAR SAHEL SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE TROPICS WESTERN HEMISPHERE ARCTIC OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN SOUTHERN OCEAN TROPOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2015-06-13 - 2021-12-31
Temporal Resolution: 12 to 23 images per day

Platforms

Solar/Space Observation Satellites

DSCOVR

Deep Space Climate Observatory

EPIC

Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera

Metadata Dates

Created on 2017-06-13

Last updated on 2021-11-03