Norway FAPAR Vegetation Index Anomalies: 10-Day VIIRS Composites

Copernicus produces 10-day composite GEOTIFF files measuring the Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) anomalies across Norway. These biophysical measurements, derived from Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensors, track vegetation health and agricultural drought impacts.

Use Cases

• Detecting agricultural drought by analyzing FAPAR anomaly values within the GEOTIFF raster cells
• Monitoring seasonal vegetation health cycles using the 10-day composite time-series layers
• Quantifying photosynthetic absorption levels using the 0 to 1 dimensionless scale

Strengths

• 10-day temporal composite frequency
• Standardized 0 to 1 biophysical measurement scale
• Derived from VIIRS sensors

Limitations

• Geographic scope is limited to Norway
• Raster-only format without tabular metadata
• Potential for atmospheric interference in high-latitude satellite observations

Provenance

Source

Copernicus

Collection Method

Satellite sensor (VIIRS)

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Norway