Honduras FAPAR Vegetation Index Anomalies in 10-Day Composites

Copernicus provides 10-day composite geospatial data of Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) anomalies for Honduras. Derived from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), these records monitor vegetation health and agricultural drought impacts. The data is formatted as GEOTIFF rasters with values ranging from 0 to 1.

Use Cases

• Detecting agricultural drought impacts using FAPAR anomaly values
• Monitoring vegetation health trends over 10-day intervals
• Assessing photosynthetic productivity across different Honduran regions

Strengths

• 10-day temporal resolution
• Standardized 0-1 FAPAR anomaly scale
• Derived from VIIRS satellite instrumentation

Limitations

• Geographic scope limited to Honduras
• Requires GIS software to extract tabular values from GEOTIFF format
• Lack of explicit spatial resolution (meters/pixel) in metadata

Provenance

Source

Copernicus

Collection Method

Sensor data from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026; follows a 10-day composite cycle.

Geography

Honduras