Christmas Island FAPAR Vegetation Anomalies in 10-Day Composites
Updated 4mo ago
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Description
Copernicus provides 10-day time composite GEOTIFF rasters of Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) anomalies for Christmas Island. These records, derived from Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensors, measure vegetation greenness on a 0 to 1 scale to identify agricultural drought.
Use Cases
Detecting agricultural drought by analyzing FAPAR anomaly deviations from historical norms
Monitoring vegetation productivity trends using 10-day composite intervals
Assessing environmental health of Christmas Island ecosystems via GEOTIFF raster layers
Strengths
Derived from VIIRS sensor data
High-frequency 10-day time composites
Standardized 0-1 dimensionless scale for vegetation health
Limitations
Geographic scope is restricted to Christmas Island
Raster format requires GIS software for analysis
Lack of tabular metadata for individual pixels
Provenance
Source
Copernicus
Collection Method
Satellite sensor (VIIRS)
Freshness
Updated through March 2026 with 10-day composite frequency
Geography
Christmas Island
Requires GIS software or GDAL libraries to process GEOTIFF files; licensed under CC-BY.