Qatar FAPAR Vegetation Index Anomalies: 10-Day VIIRS Composites

Copernicus provides 10-day time composite GEOTIFF files measuring Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) anomalies in Qatar. Derived from Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensors, the data tracks vegetation health and agricultural drought impacts as of March 2026.

Use Cases

• Monitoring agricultural drought impacts using FAPAR anomaly values
• Assessing vegetation greenness trends via 10-day composite layers
• Spatial analysis of vegetation productivity using GEOTIFF raster data

Strengths

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

Limitations

• Geographically restricted to Qatar
• Raster-only format without accompanying tabular metadata

Provenance

Source

Copernicus

Collection Method

Satellite sensor (VIIRS)

Freshness

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

Geography

Qatar