Normalized difference vegetation index maps of pure pixels over China for estimation of fractional vegetation cover

Zhao, Tian; Song, Wanjuan; Mu, Xihan; Xie, Yun; Wang, Yuanyuan; Ren, Hangqi; Xie, Donghui; Yan, Guangjian

doi:10.5194/essd-18-551-2026

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21 Jan 2026

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| 21 Jan 2026

Normalized difference vegetation index maps of pure pixels over China for estimation of fractional vegetation cover

Tian Zhao, Wanjuan Song, Xihan Mu, Yun Xie, Yuanyuan Wang, Hangqi Ren, Donghui Xie, and Guangjian Yan

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