SURFACE REFLECTANCE IS ONE OF THE KEY PRODUCTS USED IN DEVELOPING SEVERAL HIGHER-ORDER LAND PRODUCTS SUCH AS VEGETATION INDICES ALBEDO AND LAI/FPAR IT IS THEREFORE SEMINAL TO DETECTING TRENDS IN THE BIOSPHERE AND LAND SURFACE AND HAS BEEN CLASSED BY NOAA AS A "FUNDAMENTAL CLIMATE DATA RECORD (FDCR) FOR LAND".
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