Documents

The technical documents (readme files) are available on the ftp site with the biogeophysical products.

The algorithmic documentation is organized by project :

-  CYCLOPES

Baret et al., RSE, 2007 : LAI, FAPAR, and FCover CYCLOPES global products derived from Vegetation. Part 1 : principles of the algorithm.Article describing the prinicples of CYCLOPES algorithms, PDF - 870.1 ko
Weiss et al., RSE, 2007 : LAI and FAPAR CYCLOPES global products derived from Vegetation. Part 2 : validation and comparison with MODIS C4 products.Article presenting the results of CYCLOPES products validation by comparison with MODIS products and in-situ measurements., PDF - 1.6 Mo
Intercomparison of Global LAI products : First Results, PDF - 8.1 Mo
ATBD of Level1 Algorithms, PDF - 287.5 ko
ATBD of Cloud Detection, PDF - 1.8 Mo
ATBD of AVHRR Cloud Mask (French version), PDF - 15.8 Mo
ATBD of Snow Detection, PDF - 2.7 Mo
ATBD of Atmospheric Correction, PDF - 7.5 Mo
ATBD of Directional Normalisation, PDF - 2.3 Mo
ATBD of Albedo, PDF - 3.8 Mo
Map of CYCLOPES projection tiles, PDF - 77.6 ko
List and description of BELMANIP sitesList of BELMANIP sites, with their location, and vegetation properties, extracted on the CYCLOPES LAI, FAPAR, FCover and surface reflectance products, Excel - 276 ko

-  GEOLAND

ATBD of customized LAI, FAPAR, FCover, and Albedo de surface, PDF - 2.9 Mo
ATBD of Surface Reflectance, PDF - 1017.2 ko
ATBD of Downwelling Longwave Radation, PDF - 80.3 ko
ATBD of Land Surface Temperature, PDF - 270 ko
ATBD of Precipitations, PDF - 2 Mo
ATBD of ERS/Scatt-derived Soil Moisture, PDF - 100.7 ko
ATBD of AMSR-derived Soil Moisture, PDF - 570.4 ko

-  GLOBCOVER

Description Products ManualProduct Description Manual of Globcover products, PDF - 2 Mo
Products Description and Validation ReportValidation report of Globcover products, PDF - 4 Mo
Preview of Regional land Cover map over AfricaImage of the regional GLobcover land cover map over Africa, GIF - 1.1 Mo
Preview of Regional land Cover map over AustraliaImage of the regional GLobcover land cover map over Australia, GIF - 346.6 ko
Preview of Regional land Cover map over Central AmericaImage of the regional GLobcover land cover map over Central America, GIF - 329.2 ko
Preview of Regional land Cover map over Central AsiaImage of the regional GLobcover land cover map over Central Asia, GIF - 869.7 ko
Preview of Regional land Cover map over Eastern EuropeImage of the regional GLobcover land cover map over Eastern Europe, GIF - 492.1 ko
Preview of Regional land Cover map over GreelandImage of the regional GLobcover land cover map over Greenland, GIF - 106.5 ko
Preview of Regional land Cover map over North AfricaImage of the regional GLobcover land cover map over North Africa, GIF - 413.1 ko
Preview of Regional land Cover map over North AmericaImage of the regional GLobcover land cover map over North America, GIF - 545.3 ko
Preview of Regional land Cover map over South East AsiaImage of the regional GLobcover land cover map over South East Asia, GIF - 351 ko
Preview of Regional land Cover map over South AmericaImage of the regional GLobcover land cover map over South America, GIF - 1.1 Mo
Preview of Regional land Cover map over Western EuropeImage of the regional GLobcover land cover map over Western Europe, GIF - 1.2 Mo

-  VGT4AFRICA

VGT4AFRICA User Manual, PDF - 7.6 Mo

-  POLDER - ADEOS

User Manual of POLDER-1 BRDF Database, PDF - 3 Mo
User Manual of POLDER-2 BRDF Database, PDF - 2.3 Mo
POLDER-2 Algorithms and validation results, PDF - 4.3 Mo
POLDER-2 Albedo validation report, PDF - 3.3 Mo

-  POLDER - PARASOL

User Manual of POLDER-3/PARASOL BRDF databasesThis document describes the 4 BRDF databases built with POLDER-3/PARASOL measurements. This version considers the polarized reflectances., PDF - 19.7 Mo
Description of Level 2 & 3 Land Surface algorithms, PDF - 175.7 ko

-  AMMA

Final report on Processing of SPOT images for AMMA project (French version)Final report presenting the methodology and the results of processing applied to SPOT HRV and HRG images acquired over in-situ sites of AMMA project., PDF - 139.8 ko
Report on Continuity of multisensor AVHRR time series, PDF - 2.3 Mo