Russian Federation Subnational NDVI: 10-Day Vegetation Anomalies

Supplying dekadal (10-day) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) indicators for the Russian Federation, aggregated by sub-national administrative units using NASA MODIS collection 6.1 satellite data. Produced by the World Food Programme (WFP), the records track vegetation health through 10-day intervals and historical anomalies as recently as March 2026.

Use Cases

• Monitoring agricultural health by comparing vim against vim_lta across Russian regions
• Identifying drought or abnormal growth periods using the viq anomaly percentage
• Validating regional vegetation trends by filtering for high n_pixels counts to ensure data reliability

Strengths

• Uses NASA MODIS collection 6.1 high-resolution satellite data
• Includes n_pixels column to verify the statistical basis of each aggregate
• Provides vim_lta for historical baseline comparisons

Limitations

• Aggregated at the sub-national level, which obscures granular pixel-level spatial variance
• Dependent on WFP-specific administrative boundaries and Pcodes which may differ from other standards

Provenance

Source

World Food Programme (WFP) using NASA MODIS collection 6.1

Collection Method

Satellite sensor aggregation from Aqua and Terra platforms

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Russian Federation