United States Vegetation Health (VT - index) & Fire Risk (FR - index)
Note: all images starting from May 30, 2005 will be generated
using NOAA-18 data Please also note that the image maps
previously available on this web site have been placed on seperate web pages.
Related links:
Vegetation Health of the USA (by Climate Divisions) and
Fire Risk in the USA
Vegetation Health: Red - stressed, Green - fair, Blue - favorable, White - Cold Surface
ORA VCI Pages by Felix Kogan, Robert M. Carey and David Forsyth.
For information, contact
Felix.Kogan@noaa.gov
Latest Revision: February 27, 2001