ISLSCP II NOAA 5-year Average Monthly Snow-free Albedo from AVHRR

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The objective of this work was to produce a monthly climatology of broadband surface albedos for use in global numerical weather prediction models at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). Monthly means of clear-sky, surface, broadband, snow-free albedos for overhead sun illumination angle were determined using data from a five-year period from April 1985-December 1987 and January 1989-March 1991. The data set is compatible in temporal coverage and spatial resolution with a monthly climatology of green vegetation fraction (Gutman and Ignatov, 1998) delivered earlier and currently in use at NCEP. Files showing the differences between the original data set and the Land/water mask used in the International Satellite land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Initiative II are also provided.

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5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=noaa_albedo_5year-av_xdeg_959&ac=true
21 https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/959
34 959_1_fit.png https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/sdat-tds/959_1_fit.png
5 0_noaa_albedo_readme.txt https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/islscp_ii/vegetation/noaa_albedo_5year-av_xdeg/comp/0_noaa_albedo_readme.txt
33 1_noaa_albedo_5yr-av_doc.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/islscp_ii/vegetation/noaa_albedo_5year-av_xdeg/comp/1_noaa_albedo_5yr-av_doc.pdf
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dnoaa_albedo_5year-av_xdeg_959%26ac%3Dtrue
5 https://daac.ornl.gov%2FISLSCP_II%2Fguides%2Fnoaa_albedo_5year-av_xdeg.html
5 https://doi.org%2F10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F959
5 https://daac.ornl.gov%2Fgraphics%2Fbrowse%2Fsdat-tds%2F959_1_fit.png
5 https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpublic%2Fislscp_ii%2Fvegetation%2Fnoaa_albedo_5year-av_xdeg%2Fcomp%2F0_noaa_albedo_readme.txt
5 https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpublic%2Fislscp_ii%2Fvegetation%2Fnoaa_albedo_5year-av_xdeg%2Fcomp%2F1_noaa_albedo_5yr-av_doc.pdf
5 https://webmap.ornl.gov%2Fwcsdown%2Fdataset.jsp%3Fds_id%3D959
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=noaa_albedo_5year-av_xdeg_959&ac=true
21 https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/959
34 959_1_fit.png https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/sdat-tds/959_1_fit.png
5 0_noaa_albedo_readme.txt https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/islscp_ii/vegetation/noaa_albedo_5year-av_xdeg/comp/0_noaa_albedo_readme.txt
33 1_noaa_albedo_5yr-av_doc.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/islscp_ii/vegetation/noaa_albedo_5year-av_xdeg/comp/1_noaa_albedo_5yr-av_doc.pdf

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  • earth-science-surface-radiative-properties-land-surface-reflectance
  • earth-science-vegetation-biosphere-vegetation-index
  • earth-science-surface-radiative-properties-land-surface-albedo
  • earth-science-vegetation-biosphere-canopy-characteristics
  • earth-science-vegetation-biosphere-vegetation-cover
  • earth-science-vegetation-biosphere-leaf-characteristics
  • earth-science-land-use-land-cover-land-surface-land-use-land-cover-classification-vegetation-in
  • earth-science-vegetation-biosphere-plant-characteristics

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