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ECOCLIMAP: a global database of land surface parameters at 1 km resolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2005

J. L. Champeaux ,
V. Masson  and
F. Chauvin
J. L. Champeaux
Affiliation:
Météo-France/CNRM, 42, Av Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse Cedex, France Email: [email protected]
V. Masson
Affiliation:
Météo-France/CNRM, 42, Av Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse Cedex, France Email: [email protected]
F. Chauvin
Affiliation:
Météo-France/CNRM, 42, Av Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse Cedex, France Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Soil/vegetation–atmosphere transfer schemes (SVATS) require only a few primary parameters as inputs (leaf area index, vegetation fraction and albedo). The object of this paper is to describe methods used to derive these parameters from surface cover maps, climate maps and NDVI datasets. The resolution of these new surface parameters is 1 km at the global scale. The ECOCLIMAP database is available online to the research community at http://www.cnrm.meteo.fr/gmme/PROJETS/ECOCLIMAP/page_ecoclimap.htm. An application of this strategy for urban use at a finer scale (30 m resolution) is presented here for the city of Marseille.

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Research Article
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Meteorological Applications , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , March 2005 , pp. 29 - 32
Copyright
© 2005 Royal Meteorological Society

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