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NOAA Global Vegetation Products

A selection of worldwide maps monitoring different aspects of vegetation health.

Data Coverage
Global
Period of Record
Current Conditions, Historical data (period of record varies)
File Format
images
Data Type
Satellite

NOAA STAR Global Vegetation Health Products

Global and Regional Vegetation Health (VH) is a NOAA/NESDIS system estimating vegetation health, moisture condition, thermal condition and their products.

Data Coverage
Global
Period of Record
1982 - Present
File Format
images
geotiff
netcdf-4
Data Type
Satellite

Research Dataset: Quantifying the Importance of Selected Drought Indicators for the U.S. Drought Monitor by Region and Season

A team of scientists at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center conducted research to quantify the relative importance—or “drought explainability”—of specific indicators with respect to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
2006-2019
File Format
csv
netcdf-4

Tree Mortality Viewer

Interactive map shows results of 2012-2018 aerial tree-mortality surveys: numbers of dead trees per acre, high hazard zones, asset locations and more information related to drought-caused tree mortality and subsequent bark beetle infestations.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
2012 - 2018
File Format
images
pdf