NEO: Vegetation Index [NDVI] (1 month - Terra/MODIS)
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What do the colors mean?

Dark green areas show where there was a lot green leaf growth; light greens show where there was some green leaf growth; and tan areas show little or no growth. Black means "no data."

 

Website

 

ATBD (Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document)

http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/atbd/atbd_mod13.pdf
For more details about this Vegetation Index data product, please refer to the peer-reviewed Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD).

 

Credit and contact information

These NASA images were made by Reto Stockli, NASA's Earth Observatory Team, using data provided by the MODIS Land Science Team.

 

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