Uruguay Sub-national NDVI: 10-Day Vegetation Indices and Anomalies
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Description
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
Users should join the Pcode column with WFP administrative boundary shapefiles for spatial visualization; licensed under CC-BY.