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    MODIS-derived Aggregate, Woody and Herbaceous Leaf Area Index for Africa, 2002-2022

    Metadata Updated: February 22, 2025

    This dataset provides leaf area index (LAI) estimates for Sub-Saharan Africa for woody, herbaceous, and aggregate vegetation types. The estimates were derived from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Level 4 and the native MODIS LAI product (MCD15A2H Version 6.1), which provides LAI measurements every 8 days at 500-m pixel size. Data from the MCD15A2H product were processed further to generate three layers including: a smoothed and gap filled LAI layer referred to as aggregate leaf area index and two additional layers processed to separate woody LAI (tree and shrubs) and herbaceous LAI (grass and forbs). The data include 31 MODIS 10-degree tiles and cover 2002 to 2022. The data are provided in NetCDF format.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from nasa test json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2954717391-ORNL_CLOUD
    Data First Published 2024-04-24
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-02-19
    Category Vegetation, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id c52d501f-9034-43f2-bf8b-da4f3b873248
    Harvest Source Id a73e0c30-4684-40ef-908e-d22e9e9e5f86
    Harvest Source Title nasa test json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2325
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -21.28 -40.02 63.86 20.02
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 0e4760bc74b51692e1d70cd9dcb02917a5d47bf0ce390f1219d14113de7a0557
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2002-07-05T00:00:00Z/2022-07-29T23:59:59Z

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