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PACE_OCI_L3M_LANDVI·v3.1·dataset

How green and healthy the land is (PACE)

PACE OCI Level-3 Global Mapped Land Vegetation Indices Data, version 3.1
biosphere NASA OB_CLOUD Level 3 active netCDF-4
In plain English

What it measures. Provides worldwide maps of vegetation health indicators derived from surface reflectance, including familiar greenness measures plus several new ones enabled by PACE's many color bands, covering things like chlorophyll, water content, and snow.

How it's made. Derived from the OCI instrument on NASA's PACE satellite, processed into global gridded maps (Level 3) with clouds masked out.

How & where you'd use it. Used to monitor crop and forest health and greenness, track vegetation stress and seasonal changes, and study land ecosystems in finer detail than older sensors allow.

What's measured

BIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › VEGETATION INDEX › ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX (EVI)BIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › VEGETATION INDEX › CHLOROPHYLL INDEX RED EDGE (CIRE)BIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › VEGETATION INDEX › PHOTOCHEMICAL REFLECTANCE INDEX (PRI)BIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › VEGETATION INDEX › CAROTENOID CONTENT INDEX (CAR)BIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › VEGETATION INDEX › CHLOROPHYLL-CAROTENOID INDEX (CCI)BIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › VEGETATION INDEX › MODIFIED ANTHOCYANIN REFLECTANCE INDEX (MARI)BIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › VEGETATION INDEX › NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE INFRARED INDEX (NDII)LAND SURFACE › LAND USE/LAND COVER › LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION › VEGETATION INDEX › NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI)BIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › VEGETATION INDEX › NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDEX (NDWI)BIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › VEGETATION INDEX › NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE SNOW INDEX (NDSI)LAND SURFACE › LAND USE/LAND COVER › LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION › VEGETATION INDEX › ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX (EVI)LAND SURFACE › LAND USE/LAND COVER › LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION › VEGETATION INDEX › CHLOROPHYLL INDEX RED EDGE (CIRE)LAND SURFACE › LAND USE/LAND COVER › LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION › VEGETATION INDEX › PHOTOCHEMICAL REFLECTANCE INDEX (PRI)LAND SURFACE › LAND USE/LAND COVER › LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION › VEGETATION INDEX › CAROTENOID CONTENT INDEX (CAR)

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2024-03-05 → ongoing
  • Measured byPACE (OCI)
  • Processing levelLevel 3
  • Spatial extent-180, -90, 180, 90
  • FormatsnetCDF-4
  • StatusACTIVE

What you can do with it

  • Map vegetation, forests and biomass
  • Monitor ecosystem productivity and carbon
  • Support habitat and biodiversity studies
Official description

LANDVI suite provides vegetation and land-surface indices derived from surface reflectance. Six of the indices are heritage, and four are hyperspectral-enabled. Users should see documentation for more details. Users should also note that the L3M product is masked for clouds. Geophysical variables in this suite include: - ndvi — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (unitless) - evi — Enhanced Vegetation Index (unitless) - cire — Chlorophyll Index Red Edge (unitless) - pri — Photochemical Reflectance Index (unitless) - car — Carotenoid Content Index (unitless) - cci — Chlorophyll–Carotenoid Index (unitless) - mari — Anthocyanin Reflectance Index (unitless) - ndii — Normalized Difference Infrared Index (unitless) - ndwi — Normalized Difference Water Index (unitless) - ndsi — Normalized Difference Snow Index (unitless)

Get the data

pace_oci_l3m_landvi_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="PACE_OCI_L3M_LANDVI",
    version="3.1",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),  # your area (W,S,E,N)
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),       # your dates
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream straight from OB_CLOUD
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.