Albedo

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The version 1.0 of released GLASS albedo product has a temporal resolution of 8 days, and is available from 1981 to 2010. The GLASS albedo product from 2000 to 2010 is derived from MODIS data, with a spatial resolution of 1km in tile-based sinusoidal projection. The GLASS albedo product from 1981 to 1999 is derived from AVHRR data, with a spatial resolution of 0.05deg in global CMG projection. The GLASS albedo product is generated with angular bin (AB) regression algorithm and statistics-based temporal filter (STF) algorithm. The GLASS albedo product is archived in HDF-EOS format with 3 scientific datasets: shortwave black-sky albedo at local noon solar angle (ABD_BSA_shortwave), shortwave white-sky albedo (ABD_WSA_shortwave), and quality control flag (QC).

Citation Format: Shunlin Liang, Qiang Liu. Global Land Surface Products: Albedo Product Data Collection(1985-2010),Beijing Normal University, 2012.doi:10.6050/glass863.3001.db.

Associated Peer-Reviewed Publication (cite these publications whenever the data are used):
Qu, Y., Liu, Q., Liang, S., Wang, L., Liu, N., & Liu, S. (2013). Improved direct-estimation algorithm for mapping daily land-surface broadband albedo from MODIS data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2013.2245670

Liu, N., Liu, Q., Wang, L., Liang, S., Wen, J., Qu, Y., & Liu, S. (2013). A statistics-based temporal filter algorithm to map spatiotemporally continuous shortwave albedo from MODIS data. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17, 2121-2129, doi:2110.5194/hess-2117-2121-2013

Liu, Q., Wang, L., Qu, Y., Liu, N., Liu, S., Tang, H., & Liang, S. (2013). A Priminary Evaluation of GLASS Albedo Product. International Journal of Digital Earth, doi:10.1080/17538947.17532013.17804601

University of Maryland; Department of Geography and Beijing Normal University; College of Global Change and Earth Science; use is free to all if acknowledgement is made. UMD and BNU hold the ultimate copyright.

Source for this data set is the Global Land Cover Facility, www.landcover.org.