Svalbard and Jan Mayen: 10-Day VIIRS FAPAR Vegetation Anomalies

Copernicus provides 10-day composite FAPAR anomaly data for Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands derived from VIIRS satellite imagery. This geospatial dataset measures vegetation health and greenness via light absorption ratios ranging from 0 to 1 to monitor agricultural drought impacts. The records are updated as recently as March 2026.

Use Cases

• Detecting agricultural drought impacts using FAPAR anomaly values
• Monitoring seasonal vegetation growth cycles in arctic environments
• Analyzing long-term greenness trends via 10-day composite imagery

Strengths

• 10-day temporal resolution for high-frequency monitoring
• Derived from standardized VIIRS sensor data
• Uses a normalized 0-1 biophysical scale for comparability

Limitations

• Geographic scope limited to specific arctic islands
• Vegetation-dependent metrics may have high nullity in ice-covered or barren regions
• Lack of accompanying tabular metadata for pixel-level statistics

Provenance

Source

Copernicus

Collection Method

Remote sensing via Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)

Freshness

Updated through March 2026.

Geography

Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands