| Abstract: | The North America portion of a new global 1 km AVHRR time-series dataset was produced recently by the U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Center. Characteristics of the dataset were evaluated for scan-angle distribution, image area distortion as the result of map projection, distribution of high solar zenith angle, and cloud presence in image composites produced using maximum values of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). The evaluation showed that the compositing procedure exhibits a bias favouring off-nadir pixels, particularly at post-nadir (forward scanning) positions in the winter months. Results for scan angle distribution and image area distortion provide a basis for calculating the data‘s effective minimum mapping area for various geographical locations. The amount of missing data due to large solar zenith angle effect varies from 42 per cent in January to 1 per cent in July. Cloud contaminated pixels estimated for the thirty-six 10-day composites range from 7??5 per cent in May to 1??6 per cent in November. Recompositing the North America data set from 10-day cycles to monthly cycles can effectively reduce the amount of cloudy pixels in the data. |
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| Citation Author: | Zhu, Z. -L.; Yang, L. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | International Journal of Remote Sensing |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Characteristics of the 1 km AVHRR data set for North America; 1996; Article; Journal; International Journal of Remote Sensing; Zhu, Z. -L.; Yang, L. |
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| Text: | Characteristics of the 1 km AVHRR data set for North America; 1996; Article; Journal; International Journal of Remote Sensing; Zhu, Z. -L.; Yang, L. |
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| Date Other: | Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:00 -0600 |
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