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Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation website


This site is managed by Nature Conservation and Observations unit (JRC.D.6) of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) Directorate D - Sustainable Resources of the European Commission (EC).

This web site presents various activities for monitoring terrestrial surfaces retrieved from Earth Observation that are described and presented through the various pages of this web site.

Global FAPAR STD products from 2003 to 2023.
Global FAPAR products using SeaWiFS, MERIS, JRC MODIS Two-stream Inversion Package (TIP) and Sentinel-3 OLCI.

Global averaged FAPAR on a monthly and annual temporal basis from 1998 until 2023
Global averaged FAPAR on a monthly and annual temporal basis from 1998 until 2023.

The site provides an interface to FAPAR maps, products and specific tools (only if you are registered).

Earth Land Information System


The Earth Land Information System (ELIS) provides information derived from space data. It includes the FAPAR and Leaf Area Index (LAI) values and their anomalies generated from MODIS surface albedo products (MODIS surface albedo page) using the Two-stream Inversion Package (TIP) at 1 km of spatial resolution.


Datasets available until
10th of February 2023

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Latest publications

PUBLICATION15 May 2024
Impact of the Spatio-Temporal Mismatch Between Satellite and In Situ Measurements on Validations of Surface Solar Radiation
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Publication

This is the 34th issuance of the annual assessment now known as State of the Climate, published in the Bulletin since 1996. As a supplement to the Bulletin, its foremost function is to document the status and trajectory of many components of the climate system. However, as a series, the report also documents the status and trajectory of our capacity and commitment to observe the climate system.

Global Climate [in “State of the Climate in 2023”]
Dunn R. J. H., Blannin J., Gobron N., Miller J., and Willett K. M., Global Climate [in “State of the Climate in 2023”], Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2024, 105 (8), p. S12-S155.
Publication
Terrestrial surface albedo dynamics [in “State of the Climate in 2023”]
Cappucci F., Gobron N., and Duveiller G., Terrestrial surface albedo dynamics [in “State of the Climate in 2023”], Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2024, 105 (8), p. S12-S155.
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Terrestrial vegetation dynamics [in “State of the Climate in 2023”]
Gobron N., and Cappucci F., Terrestrial vegetation dynamics [in “State of the Climate in 2023”], Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2024, 105 (8), p. S12-S155.
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Impacts of extreme global temperatures and events in 2023 [in “State of the Climate in 2023”]
Dunn R. J. H., Gobron N., and Willett K. M., Impacts of extreme global temperatures and events in 2023 [in “State of the Climate in 2023”], Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2024, 105 (8), p. S12-S155.
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Supporting policies

Essential Climate Variables

Update and expand the JRC's benchmark Earth Observation (EO) created to support land and climate studies, and to interdependently address the fitness-for-purpose.

CO2 emissions

Main sources regarding European operational CO2 monitoring and verification support capacity.

Quality Control

Land products quality control including benchmark against third-party data.

Highlights and news

The Highlight and news page will be constantly updated with information on the status of FAPAR activities.

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