Several R & D projects are performed in the POSTEL framework :
CYCLOPES, funded by EU/FP5, provides global mapping at 1km resolution of biogeophysical variables (leaf area index, the fraction of absorbed PAR, the fraction of vegetation cover, and albedo) derived from data acquired by VEGETATION sensor over the period 1999 - 2003.
AMMA is a scientific project for the study of the African Mousson, financed by European (FP6) and national funding. POSTEL acts as a provider in near real time of Land SAF satellite products derived from the Meteorological Institute of Portugal and customized to satisfy the needs of the AMMA community : surface albedo, surface temperature, downwelling shortwave and longwave radiation fluxes, and vegetation index.
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VALERI is a program funded mainly by CNES aiming at the validation of biogeophyical products describing vegetation. It provides in-situ measurements.
