Mauritania FAPAR Anomaly: 10-Day Vegetation Health Composites

Copernicus provides 10-day time composite GEOTIFF files measuring the Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) anomalies in Mauritania. Derived from Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensors, this data monitors vegetation health and agricultural drought impacts.

Use Cases

• Monitoring agricultural drought impacts using FAPAR anomaly values
• Assessing vegetation productivity through 10-day greenness composites
• Spatial analysis of vegetation health across Mauritanian regions

Strengths

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

Limitations

• Limited to Mauritania geography
• Requires GIS software for GEOTIFF processing
• No tabular attribute data provided

Provenance

Source

Copernicus

Collection Method

Satellite sensor (VIIRS)

Freshness

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

Geography

Mauritania