Global Monthly Vegetation Cover References

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Gutman, G., A. Ignatov and S. Olson, 1994: Towards better quality of AVHRR
     composite images over land: Reduction of cloud contamination. Remote
     Sensing Env., 50, 134-148. 

Gutman, G. and A. Ignatov, 1995: Global land monitoring from AVHRR:  Potential
     and limitations. Int. J. Remote Sens., 16, 2301-2309.

Gutman, G., D. Tarpley, A. Ignatov and S. Olson, 1995: The enhanced NOAA Global   
     Land datasets from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer, Bull. Amer.           
     Meteorol. Soc., 76, 1141-1156.

Gutman, G. and A. Ignatov, 1998: Derivation of green vegetation fraction from              
     NOAA/AVHRR for use in numerical weather prediction models. Int. J. Remote Sens.,    
     19: 1533-1543. 

Kidwell, K. B., 1997a: NOAA Polar Orbiter Data User's Guide, U.S. Dept. of
     Commerce, NOAA/ National Environmental Satellite Data and Information
     Service, National Climatic Data Center, Satellite Services Branch, pp. 412.

Kidwell, K. B., 1997b: NOAA Global Vegetation Index User's Guide, U.S.
     Dept. of Commerce, NOAA/National Environmental Satellite Data and Information
     Service, National Climatic Data Center, Satellite Services Branch, pp. 204.

Price, J. C., 1991: Timing of NOAA afternoon passes. Int. J. Remote Sensing,
     12, 193-198.

Rao, C.R.N. and J. Chen, 1995: Inter-satellite calibration linkages for the visible and 
     near-infrared channels of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer on the NOAA-7, -9, 
     and -11 spacecraft, Int. J. Rem. Sens., 16 , 1931-1942.

Rao, C.R.N. and J. Chen, 1996: Post-launch calibration of the visible and near-infrared
     channels of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer on the NOAA-14                          
     spacecraft, Int. J. Rem. Sens., 17, 2743-2747.

Stowe, L. L., R. M. Carey, and P. P. Pelegrino, 1992, Monitoring the Mt. Pinatubo
     aerosol layer with NOAA-11 AVHRR data, Geophys. Res. Lett.,                
     19, 159-162.