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Fractional cover - MODIS, CSIRO Land and Water algorithm, Australia coverage

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

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Vegetation fractional cover represents the exposed proportion of Photosynthetic Vegetation (PV), Non-Photosynthetic Vegetation (NPV) and Bare Soil (BS) within each pixel. In forested canopies the photosynthetic or non-photosynthetic portions of trees may obscure those of the grass layer and/or bare soil. The MODIS Fractional Cover product is derived from the MODIS Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance (NBAR) product (MCD43A4, collection 5). A suite of derivative products are also produced including monthly fractional cover, total vegetation cover (PV+NPV), and anomaly of total cover against the time series. Ground cover, as total cover minus an estimate of tree cover, is available as a separate product. MODIS fractional cover has been validated for Australia. A global product is also produced with the same algorithm using the global NBAR product MCD43C1 (collection 5, 0.05 degrees spatial resolution).

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Title Fractional cover - MODIS, CSIRO Land and Water algorithm, Australia coverage
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/f378cbaf-9ddf-4f47-a87f-3dcc53ac6fbc
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
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Reference Period 17/05/2019
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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        110.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        155.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        155.0,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        110.0,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        110.0,
        -45.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Fractional cover - MODIS, CSIRO Land and Water algorithm, Australia coverage". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/fractional-cover-modis-csiro-land-and-water-algorithm-australia-coverage