Ireland FAPAR Vegetation Index Anomalies: 10-Day VIIRS Composites

Copernicus provides this geospatial dataset containing 10-day time composite imagery of Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) anomalies for Ireland. The data utilizes Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) observations to monitor vegetation health and agricultural drought indicators.

Use Cases

• Detecting agricultural drought by identifying negative FAPAR anomaly values in specific Irish counties
• Analyzing vegetation productivity trends using the 10-day VIIRS time composites
• Mapping spatial variations in vegetation greenness across Ireland's agricultural zones

Strengths

• 10-day temporal resolution
• Standardized 0-1 biophysical scale
• Derived from VIIRS sensor data

Limitations

• Raster-only format without accompanying tabular metadata
• Susceptibility to cloud cover interference in optical sensor readings

Provenance

Source

Copernicus

Collection Method

Satellite sensor (VIIRS)

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026

Geography

Ireland