Oman Subnational NDVI: 10-Day Vegetation Indicators and Anomalies

Dekadal (10-day) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) indicators for Oman, aggregated by sub-national administrative units using NASA MODIS collection 6.1 satellite data. Produced by the World Food Programme (WFP), the records include long-term averages and anomalies to track vegetation health across the country.

Use Cases

• Analyzing agricultural drought trends by comparing vim against vim_lta
• Mapping regional vegetation health anomalies using the viq percentage column
• Assessing data confidence per region using the n_pixels count

Strengths

• Uses NASA MODIS collection 6.1 multi-satellite data from Aqua and Terra
• Includes standardized WFP Pcode references for administrative units
• Provides pre-calculated long-term averages (vim_lta) for baseline comparison

Limitations

• Data is aggregated to administrative levels, losing fine-grained pixel-level spatial detail
• Subject to MODIS sensor limitations such as cloud cover interference which can affect NDVI accuracy

Provenance

Source

World Food Programme (WFP) using NASA MODIS data

Collection Method

Satellite imagery aggregation from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Oman