Imaging · collection · 2018
DSCOVR EPIC Level 2 Vegetation Earth System Data Record (VESDR), Version 2
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/epic/dscovr/l2_vesdr.002
DSCOVR_EPIC_L2_VESDR_02 is the Deep Space Climate ObserVatoRy (DSCOVR) Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) Level 2 Vegetation Earth System Data Record (VESDR), Version 2 data product.
Description
It provides Leaf Area Index (LAI) and diurnal courses of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Sunlit Leaf Area Index (SLAI), Fraction of incident Photosynthetically Active Radiation (400-700 nm) absorbed by the vegetation (FPAR), Directional Area Scattering Function (DASF), Earth Reflector Type Index (ERTI) and Canopy Scattering Coefficient at 443 nm, 551 nm, 680 nm and 779 nm.
The VESDR files also include Solar Zenith Angle (SZA), Solar Azimuthal Angle (SAA), View Zenith (VZA), and Azimuthal (VAA) angles at the same temporal and spatial resolutions. The parameters are projected on eight regional 10 km SIN grids and available at 65 to 110 min temporal frequency. The version 2 VESDR product is generated from the upstream DSCOVR EPIC L2 MAIAC (Multi-Angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction version 2) surface reflectance product.
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FPAR, LAI, and SLAI help monitor variability and change in global vegetation due to climate and anthropogenic influences, modeling climate, carbon, and water cycles and improving forecasting of near-surface weather. DASF provides information critical to accounting for structural contributions to measurements of leaf biochemistry from remote sensing. The canopy scattering coefficient is the Fraction of intercepted radiation reflected from or diffusely transmitted through the vegetation.
This parameter is strongly correlated with leaf albedo, which depends on leaf biochemical constituents. We also provide two ancillary science data products: "Version 2 10 km Land Cover Type" and "Version 2 Distribution of Land Cover Types within 10 km EPIC pixel." The products were derived from 500m Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) land cover type 3 product (MCDLCHKM), which was generated from 2008, 2009, and 2010 land cover products (MCD12Q1, v051).
A detailed description of the VESDR and ancillary science data products can be found in "VESDR Science Data Product Guide, version 2". Section "USER'S GUIDE" provides links to this document as well as to the two ancillary science data products.
Links
Get the data
- Dataset Landing Page asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/DSCOVR/DSCOVR_EPIC_L2_VESDR_02 ↗
landing page · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- How to cite ASDC data asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425717302328 ↗
Estimation of leaf area index and its sunlit portion from DSCOVR EPIC data: Theoretical basis
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Download "Version 2 10 km Land Cover Type" asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/dscovr/readme/MCDLCHKM.V2010_01.REGIONALbio.10018m.B… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource eoportal.org/satellite-missions/dscovr ↗
Earth Observation Portal Page for DSCOVR Mission Information
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/dscovr/DSCOVR_VESDR_SDRG.pdf ↗
DSCOVR EPIC Vegetation Earth System Data Record Science Data Product Guide Version 1
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/dscovr/DSCOVR_VESDR_SDRG_02.pdf ↗
DSCOVR EPIC Vegetation Earth System Data Record Science Data Product Guide Version 2
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- HDF5 asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/dscovr/readme/MCDLCHKM.V2010_01.REGIONALdst.10018m.Z… ↗
Download “Version 2 Distribution of Land Cover Types within 10 km EPIC pixel”
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3860110147-LARC_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource epic.gsfc.nasa.gov ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- PNG asdc.larc.nasa.gov/static/images/project_logos/dscovr.png ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- HDF5 asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/dscovr/readme/dscovr_epic_latlon_15Aug2025.h5 ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C3860110147-LARC_CLOUD ↗
Earthdata Search for DSCOVR_EPIC_L2_VESDR_02 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data)
download · from NASA CMR
- Virtual Directory for DSCOVR_EPIC_L2_VESDR_02 cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C3860110147-LARC_CLOUD ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- Resource epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/products/vegetable ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Resource epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/pubs ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Resource asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/DSCOVR ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/dscovr-epic-level-2-vegetation-earth-system-data-recor… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/epic/dscovr/l2_vesdr.002 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=2048b05b-b396-47aa-a48d-f4be965eb… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3860110147-LARC_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3860110147-LARC_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Afforestation/Reforestation · Agricultural Plant Science · Biomass · Canopy Characteristics · Canopy Transmittance · Deep Space Climate Observatory · Energetic Particle and Ion Composition (Geotail) · Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure · Leaf Area Index (Lai) · Leaf Characteristics · Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (Ndvi) · Plant Characteristics · Reclamation/Revegetation/Restoration · Reforestation · Vegetation Cover · Vegetation Index
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Life Sciences · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Imaging 75% · Satellite remote sensing 65%
Provenance · 2 source records, 33 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3860110147-LARC_CLOUD | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 2048b05b-b396-47aa-a48d-f4be965eba60 | 4 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
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| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:epic | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/agriculture/agricultural-plant-science | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/afforestation-reforestation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/biomass | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/canopy-characteristics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/canopy-transmittance | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/forest-composition-vegetation-structure | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/leaf-characteristics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/plant-characteristics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/reclamation-revegetation-restoration | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/reforestation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/vegetation-cover | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/vegetation-index | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/vegetation-index/leaf-area-index-lai | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/vegetation-index/normalized-difference-vegetation-index-ndvi | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:imaging | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:remote-sensing | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:dscovr | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |