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Articles | Volume 13, issue 3
Articles | Volume 13, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-625-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-625-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 3
Research article
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03 Feb 2016
Research article |  | 03 Feb 2016

Global assessment of Vegetation Index and Phenology Lab (VIP) and Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies (GIMMS) version 3 products

M. Marshall, E. Okuto, Y. Kang, E. Opiyo, and M. Ahmed

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We compared two new Earth observation based long-term global vegetation index products used in global change research (Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies and Vegetation Index and Phenology Lab- VIP version 3). The two products showed a high level of consistency throughout the primary growing season and were less consistent during green-up and brown-down that impacted trends in phenology. VIP was generally higher and more variable leading to poorer correlations with in situ data
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