French Guiana FAPAR Vegetation Anomalies: 10-Day VIIRS Composites

10-day time composite geospatial records from Copernicus measure the Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) anomalies in French Guiana. Derived from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), these GEOTIFF files track vegetation health and agricultural drought impacts.

Use Cases

• Detecting agricultural drought by analyzing FAPAR anomaly values across different 10-day windows
• Monitoring vegetation health trends in French Guiana using the GEOTIFF spatial layers
• Analyzing temporal trends in photosynthetic activity using the 10-day time composite structure

Strengths

• 10-day temporal resolution
• Standardized biophysical scale (0-1)
• VIIRS sensor-derived data

Limitations

• Geographic scope restricted to French Guiana
• Raster format lacks associated tabular metadata
• Optical sensor data may be affected by cloud cover

Provenance

Source

Copernicus

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026

Geography

French Guiana