Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) is a key physiological variable in the study of carbon cycling and is one of the basic variables to describe vegetation ecosystems. The classification results of surface vegetation types in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau region are obtained based on the Landsat reflectance data(30m spatial resolution). According to NDVI of different vegetation types, the remote sensing inversion model is constructed to produce the growing season FPAR products for each vegetation type. This product can be used as one of the parameters to calculate vegetation carbon sequestration and evaluate vegetation ecosystem status.

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File naming: The FPAR dataset is stored in Geotiff format in blocks,and the file name is "N??E??.tif", where N?? represents the latitude of the upper left corner of the corresponding image block, and E?? represents Corresponds to the longitude of the upper left corner of the image block. Data reading method: you can directly use any software that supports tif image to open; it is recommended to use QGIS, ArcGIS, ENVI and other geographic information related software to open.

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Peng, D. (2021). Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) across Tibetan Plateau from 1987 to 2020. A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, DOI: 10.11888/Ecolo.tpdc.271538. CSTR: 18406.11.Ecolo.tpdc.271538. (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

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1. Zhang, X., Liu, L., Chen, X., Gao, Y., Xie, S., Mi, J. (2020). GLC_FCS30: Global land‐cover product with fine classification system at 30 m using time‐series Landsat imagery. Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss. 1‐31, doi:10.5194/essd‐2020‐182.( View Details | Bibtex)

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References literature

1.Peng, D.L., Zhang, B., Liu, L.Y., Fang, H.L., Chen, D.M., Hu, Y., & Liu, L.L. (2012). Characteristics and drivers of global NDVI-based FPAR from 1982 to 2006. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 26, GB3015. (View Details )

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Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition Program

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