Fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (fAPAR) quantified the absorbed by green foliage. fAPAR has been identified by the Global Climate Observing System as an essential climate variable required for ecosystem, weather and climate modelling and monitoring. This product consists of a national scale coverage (Canada) of monthly maps of fAPAR during a growing season (May-June-July-August-September) at 20m resolution.
References:
L. Brown, R. Fernandes, N. Djamai, C. Meier, N. Gobron, H. Morris, C. Canisius, G. Bai, C. Lerebourg, C. Lanconelli, M. Clerici, J. Dash. Validation of baseline and modified Sentinel-2 Level 2 Prototype Processor leaf area index retrievals over the United States IISPRS J. Photogramm. Remote Sens., 175 (2021), pp. 71-87, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2021.02.020. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924271621000617
Richard Fernandes, Luke Brown, Francis Canisius, Jadu Dash, Liming He, Gang Hong, Lucy Huang, Nhu Quynh Le, Camryn MacDougall, Courtney Meier, Patrick Osei Darko, Hemit Shah, Lynsay Spafford, Lixin Sun, 2023.
Validation of Simplified Level 2 Prototype Processor Sentinel-2 fraction of canopy cover, fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation and leaf area index products over North American forests,
Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 293, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113600.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425723001517
- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Natural Resources Canada
- Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada
Data and Resources
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Product User GuideHTMLEnglish guide HTML
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STAC APIHTMLEnglish French api HTML
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Fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (fAPAR)WMSEnglish web_service WMS
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Fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (fAPAR)WMSFrench web_service WMS
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Web Viewer of Temporal Series of Monthly Vegetation Parameters of CanadaHTMLFrench application HTML
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Web Viewer of Temporal Series of Monthly Vegetation Parameters of CanadaHTMLEnglish application HTML
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Fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (fAPAR)WMSEnglish French web_service WMS
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Monthly Cloud Optimized GeoTiFF (COG) - SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) browserGeoTIFEnglish French dataset GeoTIF
Contact Information
Delivery Point: 580 Booth Street
City: Ottawa
Administrative Area: Ontario
Electronic Mail Address: richard.fernandes@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca