MERIS - Vegetation Index (NDVI) - Europe, 10-Day

The "AVHRR compatible Normalized Difference Vegetation Index derived from MERIS data (MERIS_AVHRR_NDVI)" was developed in a co-operative effort of DLR (German Remote Sensing Data Centre, DFD) and Brockmann Consult GmbH (BC) in the frame of the MAPP project (MERIS Application and Regional Products Projects). For the generation of regional specific value added MERIS level-3 products, MERIS full-resolution (FR) data are processed on a regular (daily) basis using ESA standard level-1b and level-2 data as input. The regular reception of MERIS-FR data is realized at DFD ground station in Neustrelitz.

The Medium Resolution Imaging MERIS on Board ESA's ENVISAT provides spectral high resolution image data in the visible-near infrared spectral region (412-900 nm) at a spatial resolution of 300 m. For more details on ENVISAT and MERIS see http://envisat.esa.int The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) compatible vegetation index (MERIS_AVHRR_NDVI) derived from data of the MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) is regarded as a continuity index with 300 meter resolution for the well-known Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) derived from AVHRR (given in 1km spatial resolution). The NDVI is an important factor describing the biological status of canopies. This product is thus used by scientists for deriving plant and canopy parameters. Consultants use time series of the NDVI for advising farmers with best practice.

For more details the reader is referred to

http://wdc.dlr.de/sensors/meris/ and http://wdc.dlr.de/sensors/meris/documents/Mapp_ATBD_final_i3r0dez2001.pdf

This product provides 10-days maps.

Citation proposal
German Aerospace Center (DLR). MERIS - Vegetation Index (NDVI) - Europe, 10-Day. https://gdk.gdi-de.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/93587051-2f12-4d37-a97b-520af56144ce

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Date ( Creation ): 2016-01-13T00:00:00

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Identifier: https://geoservice.dlr.de/catalogue/srv/metadata/93587051-2f12-4d37-a97b-520af56144ce

Presentation form: Digital map

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Status: Completed

Point of contact

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Author

German Aerospace Center (DLR) - ( )

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )

Land cover

Keywords

ENVISAT
MERIS
Europe
Vegetation index
10-days
NDVI
urn:eop:DLR:EOWEB:Vegetation_Index_MERIS_10-days_maps
FEDEO

Access constraints: License

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints

Nutzungsbedingungen: CC BY-SA 'Attribution ShareAlike' https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode

Reference for the use of MERIS products in publications: Products generated by DLR-DFD

Use limitation: Nutzungseinschränkungen: DLR not liable for damage resulting from use

Spatial representation type: Grid

Denominator: 600000

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Environment

Reference system identifier: EPSG / ETRS89 / LAEA Europe (EPSG:3035) / 8.6

Distribution format

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OnLine resource: MERIS - Vegetation Index (NDVI) - Europe, 10-Day
EOWEB GeoPortal Collection

Hierarchy level: Series

Domain consistency

Measure identification: INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

Date ( Publication ): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: true

Statement: For further information see: http://wdc.dlr.de/sensors/meris/ and http://wdc.dlr.de/sensors/meris/documents/Mapp_ATBD_final_i3r0dez2001.pdf

Description: Günther, Kurt P. und Maier, Stefan W. (2007) AVHRR compatible vegetation index derived from MERIS data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28 (3-4), 693-708.