British Virgin Islands: 10-Day FAPAR Vegetation Index Anomalies

10-day time composite GEOTIFF imagery tracks Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) anomalies across the British Virgin Islands. Produced by Copernicus using VIIRS sensor data, these records measure vegetation health on a dimensionless scale from 0 to 1 to identify agricultural drought.

Use Cases

• Detecting agricultural drought by analyzing FAPAR anomaly values ranging from 0 to 1
• Monitoring vegetation productivity trends using the 10-day time composite GEOTIFF layers
• Mapping spatial distribution of vegetation health across the British Virgin Islands using VIIRS sensor data

Strengths

• 10-day temporal resolution
• Derived from VIIRS satellite sensors
• Standardized 0-1 biophysical scale

Limitations

• Restricted geographic coverage to British Virgin Islands
• Raster format lacks associated tabular attribute tables
• Susceptibility to cloud interference in optical sensor data

Provenance

Source

Copernicus

Collection Method

Satellite remote sensing via Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026

Geography

British Virgin Islands