Uruguay Sub-national NDVI: 10-Day Vegetation Indices and Anomalies

Dekadal (10-day) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) indicators for Uruguay are provided here, aggregated by sub-national administrative units using NASA MODIS collection 6.1 satellite data. Produced by the World Food Programme (WFP), the data tracks vegetation health through current values, long-term averages, and percentage anomalies.

Use Cases

• Detecting agricultural stress by analyzing viq (anomaly) values across regions
• Comparing current vegetation health (vim) against historical norms (vim_lta) for drought monitoring
• Validating regional data density and reliability using the n_pixels column

Strengths

• Uses NASA MODIS collection 6.1 high-quality satellite data
• Includes Pcode references for easy joining with other WFP geospatial data
• Provides n_pixels to indicate the statistical confidence of the aggregate

Limitations

• Aggregated at the sub-national level, which masks local-scale vegetation variations
• Dependent on cloud-free satellite observations for accurate pixel counts
• Temporal resolution is limited to 10-day intervals

Provenance

Source

World Food Programme (WFP) using NASA MODIS collection 6.1

Collection Method

Satellite sensor data aggregation from NASA MODIS Aqua and Terra

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Uruguay