National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Documents Related to LPV and CEOS

LPV Protocols

Aboveground Biomass
Duncanson, L., Armston, J., Disney, M., Avitabile, V., Barbier, N., Calders, K., Carter, S., Chave, J., Herold, M.,        MacBean, N., McRoberts, R., Minor, D., Paul, K., Réjou-Méchain, M., Roxburgh, S., Williams, M., Albinet, C., Baker,    T., Bartholomeus, H., Bastin, J.F., Coomes, D., Crowther, T., Davies, S., de Bruin, S., De Kauwe, M., Domke, G.,    Dubayah, R., Falkowski, M., Fatoyinbo, L., Goetz, S., Jantz, P., Jonckheere, I., Jucker, T., Kay, H., Kellner, J.,    Labriere, N., Lucas, R., Mitchard, E., Morsdorf, F., Næsset, E., Park, T., Phillips, O.L., Ploton, P., Puliti, S., Quegan, S.,    Saatchi, S., Schaaf, C., Schepaschenko, D., Scipal, K., Stovall, A., Thiel, C., Wulder, M.A., Camacho, F., Nickeson, J.,    Román, M., Margolis, H. (2021). Aboveground Woody Biomass Product Validation Good Practices Protocol. Version    1.0. In L. Duncanson, M. Disney, J. Armston, J. Nickeson, D. Minor, and F. Camacho (Eds.), Good Practices for    Satellite-Derived Land Product Validation, (p. 236): Land Product Validation Subgroup (WGCV/CEOS),    doi:10.5067/doc/ceoswgcv/lpv/agb.001

Download link   CEOS_WGCV_LPV_Biomass_Protocol_2021_V1.0.pdf (6.1MB)

---

Soil Moisture
Montzka, C., M. Cosh, B. Bayat, A. Al Bitar, A. Berg, R. Bindlish, H. R. Bogena, J. D. Bolten, F. Cabot, T. Caldwell, S.    Chan, A. Colliander, W. Crow, N. Das, G. De Lannoy, W. Dorigo, S. R. Evett, A. Gruber, S. Hahn, T. Jagdhuber, S.    Jones, Y. Kerr, S. Kim, C. Koyama, M. Kurum, E. Lopez-Baeza, F. Mattia, K. McColl, S. Mecklenburg, B. Mohanty, P.    O«Neill, D. Or, T. Pellarin, G. P. Petropoulos, M. Piles, R. H. Reichle, N. Rodriguez-Fernandez, C. Rüdiger, T.    Scanlon, R. C. Schwartz, D. Spengler, P. Srivastava, S. Suman, R. van der Schalie, W. Wagner, U. Wegmüller, J.-P.    Wigneron, F. Camacho, and J. Nickeson (2020): Soil Moisture Product Validation Good Practices Protocol Version    1.0. In: C. Montzka, M. Cosh, J. Nickeson, F. Camacho (Eds.): Good Practices for Satellite-Derived Land Product    Validation (p. 123), Land Product Validation Subgroup (WGCV/CEOS), doi:10.5067/doc/ceoswgcv/lpv/sm.001

Download link  CEOS_SM_LPV_Protocol_V1_20201027_final.pdf (5MB)

---

Albedo
Wang, Z., Schaaf, C., Lattanzio, A., Carrer, D., Grant, I., Román, M., Camacho, F., Yu, Y., Sánchez-Zapero, J. &    Nickeson, J. (2019). Global Surface Albedo Product Validation Best Practices Protocol. Version 1.0. In Z. Wang, J.    Nickeson & M. Román (Eds.), Good Practices for Satellite-Derived Land Product Validation (p. 45): Land Product    Validation Subgroup (WGCV/CEOS), doi: 10.5067/DOC/CEOSWGCV/LPV/ALBEDO.001

Download link  CEOS_ALBEDO_Protocol_20190307_v1.pdf (2MB)

---

LST
Guillevic, P., Göttsche, F., Nickeson, J., Hulley, G., Ghent, D., Yu, Y., Trigo, I., Hook, S., Sobrino, J.A., Remedios, J.,    Román, M. & Camacho, F. (2018). Land Surface Temperature Product Validation Best Practice Protocol. Version    1.1.0 In P. Guillevic, F. Göttsche, J. Nickeson & M. Román (Eds.), Good Practices for Satellite-Derived Land Product    Validation (p. 58): Land Product Validation Subgroup (WGCV/CEOS), doi:10.5067/doc/ceoswgcv/lpv/lst.001

Download link  CEOS_LST_PROTOCOL_Feb2018_v1.1.0.pdf (7.4MB)

---

LAI
Fernandes, R., Plummer, S., Nightingale, J., Baret, F., Camacho, F., Fang, H., Garrigues, S., Gobron, N., Lang, M.,    Lacaze, R., LeBlanc, S., Meroni, M., Martinez, B., Nilson, T., Pinty, B., Pisek, J., Sonnentag, O., Verger, A., Welles, J.,    Weiss, M., & Widlowski, J.L. (2014). Global Leaf Area Index Product Validation Good Practices. Version 2.0.  
   In G. Schaepman-Strub, M. Román, & J. Nickeson (Eds.), Good Practices for Satellite-Derived Land Product    Validation (p. 76): Land Product Validation Subgroup (WGCV/CEOS), doi:10.5067/doc/ceoswgcv/lpv/lai.002

Download link  CEOS_LAI_PROTOCOL_Aug2014_v2.0.1.pdf (5MB)

See associated documents on the LAI Focus Area home page.

LPV and CEOS Documents 

The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)

GTOS Essential Climate Variables related to LPV