Cameroon Subnational NDVI: Dekadal Vegetation Indicators and Anomalies

Giving access to dekadal NDVI indicators for Cameroon, aggregated by sub-national administrative units using NASA MODIS collection 6.1 satellite data. Produced by the World Food Programme (WFP), the data tracks vegetation health through 10-day intervals, long-term averages, and percentage anomalies. The records are current as of March 2026 and utilize WFP-standardized administrative boundaries.

Use Cases

• Monitoring agricultural health by comparing current NDVI (vim) against the long-term average (vim_lta)
• Identifying drought conditions or vegetation stress using the NDVI anomaly percentage (viq)
• Correlating vegetation density with food security metrics using Pcode join keys

Strengths

• Uses NASA MODIS collection 6.1 high-resolution satellite data
• Includes long-term average (vim_lta) for baseline comparison
• Standardized Pcode references for integration with other WFP datasets

Limitations

• Aggregated at the administrative level, which obscures granular pixel-level spatial variance
• Satellite observations in tropical regions like Cameroon may be affected by seasonal cloud cover, impacting the n_pixels count

Provenance

Source

NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) collection 6.1

Collection Method

Satellite sensor data aggregated by WFP administrative boundaries

Freshness

Updated through March 2026.

Geography

Cameroon