16-Day Vegetation Anomaly

  • Released Thursday, October 24, 2013
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The map is based on the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), a measure of how plant leaves absorb visible light and reflect infrared light. Drought-stressed vegetation reflects more visible light and less infrared than healthy vegetation. The vegetation index helps us see how much or how little live plant material is out there.

16-day Vegetation Anomaly

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This page was originally published on Thursday, October 24, 2013.
This page was last updated on Monday, July 15, 2024 at 12:15 AM EDT.

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