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Abstract Location ID: 46

Mapping incident Photosynthetically Active Radiation over Land from MODIS and GOES

Shunlin Liang, University of Maryland, sliang@umd.edu
Dongdong Wang, University of Maryland, ddwang@umd.edu (Presenting)
John Townshend, University of Maryland, jtownshend@bsos.umd.edu
Steven Running, University of Montana, swr@ntsg.umt.edu
Si-Chee Tsay, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, si-chee.tsay-1@nasa.gov

Incident photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) is required by almost all terrestrial ecosystem models. The current PAR products that are developed for climate studies have much coarser spatial resolution and higher temporal resolution and are not suitable for land applications. We have developed a set of methods for mapping high spatial resolution incident PAR from both polar-orbiting and geostationary satellite observations. Several years PAR data using MODIS and GOES visible imagery are generated.

Presentation Type:   Poster

Poster Session:  Data Records and Systems

NASA TE Funded Awards Represented:

  • Liang, Shunlin
    Mapping high-resolution surface radiative fluxes from MODIS

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