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To address this limitation, this study investigates the feasibility of using geostationary satellite observations to enhance the spatial completeness of Sentinel-2 NDVI at its standard revisit intervals through cloud gap-filling applications. Geostationary Ocean Color Imager II (GOCI-II) data (250 m) was used as input, while Sentinel-2 Multispectral Instrument (MSI) NDVI (10 m) served as the reference dataset. To enable cross-sensor integration, a data-driven transformation framework was developed to convert GOCI-II NDVI into MSI-like NDVI while preserving dominant spatial variation patterns rather than pursuing strict pixel-level super-resolution. The transformed NDVI was assessed through spatial comparisons and statistical metrics, including correlation coefficient, mean absolute error, root mean square error (RMSE), normalized RMSE, and structural similarity index measure. Results show that geostationary-derived NDVI captures broad spatial organization and field-scale variability observed in MSI NDVI. Building on this cross-scale consistency, cloud gap-filling experiments demonstrate that temporally adjacent transformed NDVI scenes maintain consistent variation patterns, supporting their complementary use for compensating cloud-induced gaps. Although reduced contrast and magnitude-dependent biases remain, primarily due to the large spatial resolution difference and sub-pixel heterogeneity, an intermediate-resolution (80 m) sensitivity analysis indicates improved stability when the resolution gap is reduced. 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