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DPSIR
State
Typology
Efficiency indicator (Type C - Are we improving?)
UN SDGs
Topics
Land use , Biodiversity , Climate change adaptation , Agriculture and food , Forests and forestry
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"text": ". The PPI is based on the MODIS Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance product (MODIS MCD43 NBAR). The product provides reflectance data for the MODIS \u2018land\u2019 bands (1-7) adjusted using a bi-directional reflectance distribution function. This function models values as if they were collected from a nadir-view, to remove so-called cross-track illumination effects. The PPI is a new vegetation index optimised for efficient monitoring of vegetation phenology. It is derived from radiative transfer solution using reflectance in visible-red and near-infrared (NIR) spectral domains. The PPI has a linear relationship with the canopy green leaf area index (LAI) and its temporal pattern is highly similar to the temporal pattern of gross primary productivity (GPP) estimated by flux towers at ground reference stations. The PPI is less affected by the presence of snow than commonly used vegetation indices, such as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) or the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)."
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"text": "One area of uncertainty related to the choice of the fitting function in Timesat. In the scientific literature, several fitting methods have been used and proposed. In this analyses, logistic functions were chosen since they are well founded in the scientific literature"
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