Saint Martin (French Part) FAPAR Vegetation Anomalies via VIIRS

Copernicus provides 10-day time composite Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) anomalies for the French part of Saint Martin. The data utilizes Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor readings to track vegetation health and agricultural drought indicators as of March 2026.

Use Cases

• Detecting agricultural drought by analyzing FAPAR anomaly deviations from the 0-1 baseline
• Monitoring vegetation health trends over 10-day intervals using the time composite GeoTIFFs
• Assessing the impact of climate events on Saint Martin's greenness through VIIRS-derived biophysical quantities

Strengths

• Derived from VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) sensor data
• Standardized FAPAR scale from 0 to 1 for biophysical assessment
• High temporal resolution with 10-day composite intervals

Limitations

• Geographically restricted to the French part of Saint Martin
• Potential for cloud-cover interference in VIIRS sensor data in tropical regions
• Lack of tabular metadata or specific column headers beyond the raster values

Provenance

Source

Copernicus

Collection Method

Satellite remote sensing via Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)

Freshness

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

Geography

Saint Martin (French part)