Data group
Climate-related index and scoring
Metric Type
Physical vulnerability
Methodology/ Standard / Classification/ Taxonomy / Reference
MODIS
Unit (e.g. CO2)
Atmospherically-corrected reflectance in the red, near-infrared, and blue wavebands; the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), which provides continuity with NOAA's AVHRR NDVI time series record for historical and climate applications, and the enhanced vegetation index (EVI), which minimizes canopy-soil variations and improves sensitivity over dense vegetation conditions.
Dimension (e.g. Sector, Customer)
By Location
Time horizon
Backward-Looking
Frequency
Latest update
Time series
2002-current
Accessibility
Public
Observation on data availability/gaps
The Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) is a proxy for moisture conditions. The STAR Vegetation Health Index is a product from NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NOAA-NESDIS) Global and Regional Vegetation Heath (VH) system estimating vegetation health, moisture condition, and thermal condition. VH products can be used as proxy data for monitoring vegetation health, drought, soil saturation, moisture and thermal conditions, fire risk, greenness of vegetation cover, vegetation fraction, leaf area index, start/end of the growing season, crop and pasture productivity, teleconnection with El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), desertification, mosquito-borne diseases, invasive species, ecological resources, land degradation, etc.