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Heatwave

Data source provider

MODIS Aqua and Terra satellites

Use cases

Exposure quantification, Financial stability monitoring, Investment and lending decisions, Macro-economic modelling, Scenario analysis, Stress testing

Data group

Exposure to physical risks

Metric Type

Physical vulnerability

Methodology/ Standard / Classification/ Taxonomy / Reference

MODIS

Unit (e.g. CO2)

Instantaneous photosynthetically active radiation (iPAR) in Einstein m-2 s-1

Dimension (e.g. Sector, Customer)

By Country (map)

Time horizon 

Backward-looking

Frequency

Latest update

Time series

1970-current

Accessibility

Public

Observation on data availability/gaps

This algorithm returns instantaneous photosynthetically active radiation (iPAR) in Einstein m-2 s-1. The iPAR product represents the total PAR incident on the ocean surface at the time of the satellite observation (the PAR product, in contrast, provides a daily average). This is a companion product to the normalized fluorescence line height algorithm, the combination of which can be used to estimate fluroescence quantum yield (Behrenfeld et al. 2009).

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