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Vegetation
How much living vegetation is on the ground, from satellite vegetation indices.
What it shows
How much living vegetation is on the ground, from satellite vegetation indices. Each pixel is the best cloud-free look over an 8-day window, and the scrubber reaches back far enough to compare seasons.
Where the data comes from
NASA EOSDIS GIBS: MODIS Terra NDVI and EVI, 8-day composites at 250 m.
Reading the map
From bare ground (brown) through olive to dense canopy (deep green); values below about 0.05 are water.
Units Vegetation index (NDVI or EVI, no unit).
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