Lebanon Sub-national NDVI: 10-Day Vegetation Indicators and Anomalies

Lebanon sub-national NDVI indicators aggregated every 10 days from NASA MODIS collection 6.1 satellite data. Produced by the World Food Programme, the data tracks vegetation health across administrative units using Pcode references. The records include current vegetation indices, historical averages, and percentage anomalies.

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)
• Spatial analysis of vegetation trends across Lebanon using WFP Pcode administrative references

Strengths

• Uses NASA MODIS collection 6.1 high-quality satellite data
• Includes long-term average (vim_lta) for historical baseline comparison
• Provides pixel counts (n_pixels) to indicate the spatial reliability of each aggregate

Limitations

• Aggregated at the sub-national level, losing fine-grained local variations present in raw satellite imagery
• Dependent on cloud-free satellite observations for accurate NDVI readings

Provenance

Source

World Food Programme (WFP) using NASA MODIS collection 6.1

Collection Method

Satellite sensor data aggregation

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Lebanon (sub-national)