Switzerland FAPAR Vegetation Anomalies: 10-Day VIIRS Composites

Copernicus provides 10-day time composite GEOTIFF imagery of Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) anomalies for Switzerland. Derived from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), this data tracks vegetation health and agricultural drought impacts. The records represent biophysical measurements ranging from 0 to 1 to indicate absorption levels.

Use Cases

• Monitoring agricultural drought by identifying low FAPAR anomaly values in specific regions
• Analyzing vegetation growth cycles using the 10-day composite intervals
• Validating local environmental models against VIIRS-derived biophysical quantities

Strengths

• 10-day temporal resolution for high-frequency monitoring
• Derived from VIIRS sensor data
• Standardized FAPAR anomaly scale (0-1)

Limitations

• Geographically limited to Switzerland
• Raster format lacks associated tabular attribute tables
• Specific spatial resolution in meters is not documented in the metadata

Provenance

Source

Copernicus

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Updated as recently as March 2026

Geography

Switzerland