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STAR - Global Vegetation Health Products : Equatorial Crossing Time (ECT) for NOAA Polar Satellites

The time series of Equitorial Crossing Time (ECT) was plotted for NOAA AVHRR instruments which data may be used for global vegetation monitoring.

Data source:
ECT data were obtained from:
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/ppp/navpage.html

We compiled daily ECT dataset from above original data.
This plot is updated weekly.