Philippine Vegetation: February 2021

The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) gives us an estimate of how much plants a satellite “sees”.

Plants absorb and reemit certain radiation which can be identified via satellite data.

Data: The MOD13C2 Version 6.1 (https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/mod13c2v006/)

Still figuring out how to properly clip values (and balance aesthetics and science), but I tried to clip the greens to 0.8 according to Fig2 of this paper: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/10/1071/htm