Global bare soil, photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic vegetation fraction annual at 500 m resolution

Annual mean and std for (1) bare soil fraction, and (2) photosynthetic and (3) non-photosynthetic vegetation annual at 500 m resolution for 2001–2023. The dataset was obtained from: https://thredds.nci.org.au/thredds/catalog/tc43/modis-fc/v310/tiles/monthly/cover/catalog.html (monthly values; 320GB in total). Mean and std was derived using terra package in R using functions "mean" and "std" from 12 monthly values; missing values were ignored during derivation. Note: the Global Vegetation Fractional Cover Product (GVFCP) v3.1 (Hill and Guerschman, 2022) is derived from spectral unmixing of all seven optical bands from the 500 m MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) Nadir BRDF (Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function)-adjusted Reflectance Product (NBAR, MCD43A4 Collection 6). A similar dataset has been produced by Sun et al., (2024), covering period 2001–2022.