MODIS Leaf Area Index estimates for Alaska: 2002
The MODIS Leaf Area Index (LAI) Product is a global product produced every 8 days. The Leaf Area Index is estimated by a radiative transfer model assuming a given distribution of biome types within each pixel. The LAI Product was evaluated for the period of May 2002 to September 2002. The temporal p...
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The MODIS Leaf Area Index (LAI) Product is a global product produced every 8 days. The Leaf Area Index is estimated by a radiative transfer model assuming a given distribution of biome types within each pixel. The LAI Product was evaluated for the period of May 2002 to September 2002. The temporal pattern of spring greenup and fall senescence appeared reasonable across a large latitudinal transect from the Kenai Peninsula to the Arctic Coastal Plain. The temporal pattern also appeared reasonable across an elevational transect from Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest to Caribou Poker Creek Research Watershed to Eagle Summit. The positional accuracy and spatial pattern LAI was judged excellent by comparing the M2002 maximum LAI for the Survey Line Burn with a Landsat ETM+ image. However, there were two consistent problems with the LAI index at all spatial scales. First, a dip in maximum LAI during the green-up period most likely indicated cloud contamination of pixels. Second, the maximum 2002 LAI estimate was unrealistically high (>6.5) in many areas of Alaska. The accuracy of global estimates of leaf area and vegetation indices are suspect for high latitude areas due to several factors: 1) There is no tundra or taiga biome used in the leaf area index radiative transfer model. 2) Although a cloud-screen algorithm is applied on the front-end of processing, sub-pixel cloud contamination may occur over much of Alaska. 3) Subpixel broadleaf shrubs may lead to an overestimate of leaf area index and inflate vegetation indices.This dataset contains MOD15 leaf area index (LAI) and fraction of photosynthetically absorbed radiation (FPAR) for most of Alaska during the 2002 growing season. The data are in hdf format, with one file for each MODIS tile, for each 8-day composite period. The original quality control bits are included in each hdf file. The data are in the integerized sinusoidal projection with approzimately 1-km pixel size. The files were submitted in winzip format. The naming convention is productname.date.tile. For example: MOD15A2.A2002065.h10v02 is product MOD15A2, composite period starting at 2002065, for tile h10v02. More metadata about each file is embedded in each hdf file and can be read using any hdf browser. This dataset contains MOD15 leaf area index (LAI) and fraction of photosynthetically absorbed radiation (FPAR) for most of Alaska during the 2002 growing season. The data are in hdf format, with one file for each MODIS tile, for each 8-day composite period. The original quality control bits are included in each hdf file. The data are in the integerized sinusoidal projection with approzimately 1-km pixel size. The files were submitted in winzip format. The naming convention is productname.date.tile. For example: MOD15A2.A2002065.h10v02 is product MOD15A2, composite period starting at 2002065, for tile h10v02. More metadata about each file is embedded in each hdf file and can be read using any hdf browser. |
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Bonanza Creek LTERBoreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit University of Alaska FairbanksP.O. Box 756780 FairbanksAK99775USA907-474-6364907-474-6251 |
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This is the state of Alaska and adjoining provinces. Primarly used in large scale projects involving cultural regions, modeling, or GIS/Remote Sensing projects. -180 W -120 E 75 N 50 S 2002-01-01 to 2002-12-31 2002-01-01 to 2002-12-31 |
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ENVELOPE(-119.820,-119.820,55.917,55.917) ENVELOPE(-141.005,-141.005,64.056,64.056) |
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Access to Data While metadata will be freely available to those requesting it, the data manager will assure that any restrictions on access to data sets in the database will be enforced. Data will not be released without proper permission first being obtained from the investigator who generated the data. Use of data Researchers should receive adequate acknowledgment for the use of their data by others and should be provided with copies of publications using their data. Users of data from the data base must be aware that data is not to be sold or redistributed.Citing Bonanza Creek LTER DatasetsIt is considered a matter of professional ethics to acknowledge the work of other scientists. Thus, the Data User will properly cite the Data Set in any publications or in the metadata of any derived data products that were produced using the Data Set. |
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ftdryad:oai:v1.datadryad.org:10255/dryad.24855 2023-05-15T15:20:00+02:00 MODIS Leaf Area Index estimates for Alaska: 2002 This is the state of Alaska and adjoining provinces. Primarly used in large scale projects involving cultural regions, modeling, or GIS/Remote Sensing projects. -180 W -120 E 75 N 50 S 2002-01-01 to 2002-12-31 2002-01-01 to 2002-12-31 2003-08-01 http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.24855 http://metacat.lternet.edu/knb/metacat/knb-lter-bnz.6.8/xml unknown Bonanza Creek LTERBoreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit University of Alaska FairbanksP.O. Box 756780 FairbanksAK99775USA907-474-6364907-474-6251 http://metacat.lternet.edu/knb/metacat/knb-lter-bnz.6.8/xml knb-lter-bnz.6.8 http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.24855 Access to Data While metadata will be freely available to those requesting it, the data manager will assure that any restrictions on access to data sets in the database will be enforced. Data will not be released without proper permission first being obtained from the investigator who generated the data. Use of data Researchers should receive adequate acknowledgment for the use of their data by others and should be provided with copies of publications using their data. Users of data from the data base must be aware that data is not to be sold or redistributed.Citing Bonanza Creek LTER DatasetsIt is considered a matter of professional ethics to acknowledge the work of other scientists. Thus, the Data User will properly cite the Data Set in any publications or in the metadata of any derived data products that were produced using the Data Set. leaf area index dataset 2003 ftdryad 2020-01-01T14:47:50Z The MODIS Leaf Area Index (LAI) Product is a global product produced every 8 days. The Leaf Area Index is estimated by a radiative transfer model assuming a given distribution of biome types within each pixel. The LAI Product was evaluated for the period of May 2002 to September 2002. The temporal pattern of spring greenup and fall senescence appeared reasonable across a large latitudinal transect from the Kenai Peninsula to the Arctic Coastal Plain. The temporal pattern also appeared reasonable across an elevational transect from Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest to Caribou Poker Creek Research Watershed to Eagle Summit. The positional accuracy and spatial pattern LAI was judged excellent by comparing the M2002 maximum LAI for the Survey Line Burn with a Landsat ETM+ image. However, there were two consistent problems with the LAI index at all spatial scales. First, a dip in maximum LAI during the green-up period most likely indicated cloud contamination of pixels. Second, the maximum 2002 LAI estimate was unrealistically high (>6.5) in many areas of Alaska. The accuracy of global estimates of leaf area and vegetation indices are suspect for high latitude areas due to several factors: 1) There is no tundra or taiga biome used in the leaf area index radiative transfer model. 2) Although a cloud-screen algorithm is applied on the front-end of processing, sub-pixel cloud contamination may occur over much of Alaska. 3) Subpixel broadleaf shrubs may lead to an overestimate of leaf area index and inflate vegetation indices.This dataset contains MOD15 leaf area index (LAI) and fraction of photosynthetically absorbed radiation (FPAR) for most of Alaska during the 2002 growing season. The data are in hdf format, with one file for each MODIS tile, for each 8-day composite period. The original quality control bits are included in each hdf file. The data are in the integerized sinusoidal projection with approzimately 1-km pixel size. The files were submitted in winzip format. The naming convention is productname.date.tile. For example: MOD15A2.A2002065.h10v02 is product MOD15A2, composite period starting at 2002065, for tile h10v02. More metadata about each file is embedded in each hdf file and can be read using any hdf browser. This dataset contains MOD15 leaf area index (LAI) and fraction of photosynthetically absorbed radiation (FPAR) for most of Alaska during the 2002 growing season. The data are in hdf format, with one file for each MODIS tile, for each 8-day composite period. The original quality control bits are included in each hdf file. The data are in the integerized sinusoidal projection with approzimately 1-km pixel size. The files were submitted in winzip format. The naming convention is productname.date.tile. For example: MOD15A2.A2002065.h10v02 is product MOD15A2, composite period starting at 2002065, for tile h10v02. More metadata about each file is embedded in each hdf file and can be read using any hdf browser. Dataset Arctic Caribou-Poker Creek Research Watershed taiga Tundra Alaska Dryad Digital Repository (Duke University) Arctic Bonanza ENVELOPE(-119.820,-119.820,55.917,55.917) Poker Creek ENVELOPE(-141.005,-141.005,64.056,64.056) |