**Step 2: Computation of Fractional Vegetation Cover (FVC) from NDVI**

For each pixel, the NDVI is converted to Fractional Vegetation Cover (FVC) by means of the the formula of [47]. The FVC is the one biophysical parameter that determines the contribution partitioning between bare soil and vegetation for surface evapotranspiration, photosynthesis, albedo, and other fluxes crucial to land–atmosphere interactions.

FVC= 1.1101\*NDVI – 0.0857.
