British Indian Ocean Territory: 10-Day VIIRS Vegetation FAPAR Anomalies

Offering 10-day time composite GEOTIFF files of Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) anomalies for the British Indian Ocean Territory. Produced by Copernicus using Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor data, the records measure vegetation greenness and health on a scale of 0 to 1. The data is maintained through March 2026 to support environmental monitoring.

Use Cases

• Monitoring agricultural drought impacts using FAPAR anomaly values
• Analyzing vegetation health trends over 10-day intervals
• Detecting anomalies in photosynthetic activity across the British Indian Ocean Territory

Strengths

• Uses VIIRS sensor data for high-frequency 10-day composites
• Standardized FAPAR anomaly metric on a 0 to 1 scale
• Produced by Copernicus, an authoritative Earth observation program

Limitations

• Specific to the British Indian Ocean Territory, limiting geographic generalizability
• Lack of tabular metadata or specific column definitions in the source
• Raster format requires specialized GIS software for interpretation

Provenance

Source

Copernicus

Collection Method

Sensor (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite - VIIRS)

Freshness

Updated through March 2026 with a 10-day composite frequency.

Geography

British Indian Ocean Territory