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Toward a Stable Real-Time Green Vegetation Fraction. Le Jiang, Dan Tarpley, Felix Kogan, Wei Guo and Kenneth Mitchell JCSDA Science Workshop May 31 – June 1, 2006. The Problem: AVHRR NDVI and green vegetation fraction are not stable over time. NOAA-7. NOAA-9. NOAA-11. NOAA-14.
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Toward a Stable Real-Time Green Vegetation Fraction Le Jiang, Dan Tarpley, Felix Kogan, Wei Guo and Kenneth Mitchell JCSDA Science Workshop May 31 – June 1, 2006
The Problem: AVHRR NDVI and green vegetation fraction are not stable over time NOAA-7 NOAA-9 NOAA-11 NOAA-14 NOAA-16
Approach: Develop an algorithm for operational adjustment to real-time global NDVI to ensure the time series consistency • Assume the “climatology” of the Earth’s distribution of NDVI is stable over time for each week • Select a climatology of “standard” years without problems with: • Instrument calibration • Equator crossing time • Natural perturbations of the atmosphere (volcanic eruptions) • Evaluate mathematical or statistical procedures that adjust real time NDVI distributions to climatological “standard” • Method has to retain regional information about vegetation condition • Method should be simple and require minimum assumptions • Method should not rely on outside data sources • Select procedure for operational use
NDVI Time Series “Benchmark NDVI Climatology” selected from years with the best known data quality: 1989, 1990, 1995 (after wk 14), 1996, 1997, 1998 from NOAA-11 and -14
a) Use pixel max ND as NDmax b) Use Avg of top 1% max ND as NDmax Solve ND0 (equivalent ND within the context of benchmark climo.
Schematic Illustration of the ACDF Approach (option e) Benchmark CDF
Results & Evaluation a. RRS b. RRS_Top 1% Results after simple adjustment Yellow – maximum NDVI Green – average of top 1% NDVI Blue – average NDVI Red – standard deviation of NDVI c. NML d. LR g e a c h f d b e. ACDF f. NML+RRS h. GIMMS Data g. ASBS+NML
a. RRS Un-adjusted b. RRS_Top 1% c. NML E.g. Performance of different fixes on Class 7&12 (Short Ground Cover and Cropland): Yellow – maximum NDVI Green – average of top 1% NDVI Blue – average NDVI Red – standard deviation of NDVI d. LR e. ACDF f. NML+RRS g. ASBS+NML h. GIMMS Data
Effects after different adjustment for week 27 from 1982 to 2003. Un-adjusted a. RRS c. NML b. RRS_Top 1% d. LR e. ACDF g. ASBS+NML f. NML+RRS h. GIMMS Data Satellite ECTs for the period 1982 to 2003
Comparison of drought detection signatures over CONUS (Weeks 16, 20, 24, 29, 33 and 37 in 2005) Indicator (or quantity examined): Left column: ND* from un-adjusted NDVI; Middle column: ND* from ACDF fixed NDVI; Right column: Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) based on manual adjustment of unfixed NDVI
Summary • ACDF correction looks best • Successfully compensates for sensor change and orbit drift • Local vegetation anomalies retained in corrected data • More validation needed • Applicable to VIIRS NDVI on day 1 • Possible long-term NDVI trends removed
13-class global land surface type map 1) Broadleaf-evergreen trees (tropical forest); 2) Broadleaf-deciduous trees; 3) Broadleaf and needle leaf trees; 4) Needle leaf evergreen trees; 5) Needle leaf deciduous trees (larch); 6) Broadleaf trees with ground cover (savanna); 7) Short groundcover (in perennial); 8) Broadleaf shrubs with perennial ground cover; 9) Broadleaf shrubs with bare soil; 10) Tundra (dwarf trees and shrubs with ground cover); 11) Bare soil; 12) Cropland (cultivated); 13) Glacial.
Un-adjusted a. RRS Evolution of percentages for different NDVI intervals from 1982 to 2003 ( Black – 0.0% ~ 20%, Blue – 20% ~ 40%, Green – 40% ~ 60%, Yellow – 60% ~ 80%, Red – 80% ~ 100% of maximum NDVI) b. RRS_Top 1% c. NML d. LR e. ACDF g. ASBS+NML f. NML+RRS h. GIMMS Data
a. RRS Un-adjusted c. NML b. RRS_Top 1% ND* of the unfixed, adjusted, and GIMMS datasets for week 26 over US Great Plains from 1982 to 2003 d. LR e. ACDF f. NML+RRS g. ASBS+NML h. GIMMS Data