DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8253971
title: Spatiotemporally consistent global dataset of the GIMMS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (PKU GIMMS NDVI) from 1982 to 2022 (V1.2)

description: <strong>Brief Introduction:</strong> The PKU GIMMS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index product (PKU GIMMS NDVI, version 1.2) provides spatiotemporally consistent global NDVI data in half-month and 1/12° from 1982 to 2022. It is created to address the major uncertainties presented in current global long-term NDVI products, i.e., the effects of NOAA satellite orbital drift and AVHRR sensor degradation. The PKU GIMMS NDVI was generated based on biome-specific BPNN models that employed GIMMS NDVI3g product and 3.6 million high-quality global Landsat NDVI samples. It was then consolidated with the MODIS NDVI (MOD13C1) to extend the temporal coverage to 2022 via a pixel-wise Random Forests fusion method. The PKU GIMMS NDVI exhibits overall high accuracy evaluated by Landsat NDVI samples. Besides, it efficiently eliminated the effects of satellite orbital drift and sensor degradation and presents a good temporal consistency with MODIS NDVI in terms of pixel value and global vegetation trend. It could potentially provide a more solid data basis for global change studies. Here we provide two versions of PKU GIMMS NDVI for download, one solely based on AVHRR data (1982−2015) and the other consolidated with the MODIS NDVI (1982−2022). <strong>We strongly recommend an adequate use of the quality control (QC) layer in the product. </strong>Please refer to the Readme file for more details. <strong>We also recommend removing sparse vegetation by a threshold (e.g., 0.1) in trend analysis (Zhou et al., 2001; Liu et al., 2016)</strong> <strong>Major updates:</strong> Version 1.0 (December 15, 2022): · The original version of the product. Version 1.1 (June 17, 2023): · A pixel-wise Random Forests consolidation method is used to replace the linear one. · The data files have been re-organized on a decade basis. Version 1.2 (August 17, 2023): · The BPNN model without explanatory variables of NOAA satellite number and years since launch is used to generate NDVI values of EBF during the periods of 1982−1984 and all October to April, when the Landsat NDVI samples were relatively scarce. <strong>Dataset Characteristics:</strong> Spatial Coverage: 180ºW~180ºE, 63ºS~90ºN Projection: Geographic Spatial Resolution: 1/12 degree Temporal Resolution: Half month Temporal Coverage: January 1982 to December 2022 Image Dimension: Rows-2160; Columns-4320 Units: unitless Fill Value: 65535 Data Type: uint16 Valid Range: 0-1000 Scale Factor: 0.001 File Format: TIFF(.tif) File Size: ~8Mb each file <strong>References:</strong> Li, M., Cao, S., Zhu, Z., Wang, Z., Myneni, R. B., and Piao, S.: Spatiotemporally consistent global dataset of the GIMMS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (PKU GIMMS NDVI) from 1982 to 2022, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 15, 4181–4203, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-4181-2023, 2023. Liu, Q., Fu, Y. H., Zhu, Z., Liu, Y., Liu, Z., Huang, M., Janssens, I. A., and Piao, S.: Delayed autumn phenology in the Northern Hemisphere is related to change in both climate and spring phenology, Global Change Biology, 22, 3702–3711, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13311, 2016. Zhou, L., Tucker, C. J., Kaufmann, R. K., Slayback, D., Shabanov, N. V., and Myneni, R. B.: Variations in northern vegetation activity inferred from satellite data of vegetation index during 1981 to 1999, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 20069–20083, https://doi.org/10.1029/2000JD000115, 2001.
description: {"references": ["Li, M., Cao, S., Zhu, Z., Wang, Z., Myneni, R. B., and Piao, S.: Spatiotemporally consistent global dataset of the GIMMS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (PKU GIMMS NDVI) from 1982 to 2022, Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-1, accepted, 2023."]}