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swissEO VHI: state of vegetation health
Map of vegetation condition based on the VHI (Vegetation Health Index), which reflects the current state of vegetation in relation to historical data 1991-2020. The index is based on satellite data (Meteosat, Landsat 5,7,8, and Sentinel-2) of different spatial resolutions, aggregated to ten and thirty metres respectively. The VHI consists of two components: one part (VCI - Vegetation Condition Index) represents the local biophysical conditions of the vegetation, and the other part (TCI - Thermal Condition Index) characterizes the climatic conditions (temperature). Both components depict the current situation in relation to a reference period. The combined VHI is used to assess drought and other disturbances or stress factors— the lower the value, the greater the stress and its impact on vegetation. Values from 100 down to 60 indicate excellent vegetation condition, values up to 50 are good, and values up to 40 are normal. Below 40, the vegetation shows signs of stress, up to 30 it is lightly stressed, up to 20 stressed, up to 10 severely stressed and values below 10 indicate an extremely stressed vegetation condition. The entire vegetation area is shown on the map view to provide a complete overview of the regional vegetation status. The dataset was developed in collaboration with MeteoSwiss for the federal drought portal.
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data.
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
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swissEO VHI vegetation
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-05-15
- Citation identifier
- ch.swisstopo.swisseo_vhi_vegetation
- Collective title
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Satellite images
- Status
- On going
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
- Position name
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Geodata Distribution
- Voice
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+41 58 469 01 11
- Facsimile
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+41 58 469 04 59
Address
- City
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Wabern
- Postal code
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3084
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
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Seftigenstrasse
- Streetnumber
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264
- Website
- http://www.swisstopo.ch ( WWW:LINK )
- Role
- Point of contact
- Last Name
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geodata
- Organisation Acronym
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swisstopo
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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geocat.ch
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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opendata.swiss
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surface reflectance
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Sentinel-2
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optical
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GEMET
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satellite image
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Environmental monitoring facilities
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- Other constraints
- Opendata BY: Open use. Must provide the source.
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
- Distance
- 10 m
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- G Forest, Flora, Fauna
Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
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Extent
- Description
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Liechtenstein
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- Basic geodata identifier type
- Federal
- Geodata Type
- Open Data
- Distribution format
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Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (TIFF / TIF)
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Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (TIFF / TIF)
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Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Link to detailed data description ( WWW:LINK )
- OnLine resource
- Link to download data ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-URL )
- OnLine resource
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Web Map Service (WMS) geo.admin.ch
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WWW:LINK
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General information on the Web Map Service (WMS) from geo.admin.ch
- OnLine resource
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ch.swisstopo.swisseo_vhi_v100_vegetation
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OGC:WMS
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WMS-FSDI service, layer "swissEO VHI vegetation"
- OnLine resource
- Preview map.geo.admin.ch ( MAP:Preview )
- Reference system identifier
- LV95 EPSG:2056
Metadata
- Metadata language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-05T13:47:46.695Z
- Metadata standard name
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GM03_2
Metadata author
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
- Position name
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Metadata contact
- Voice
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+41 58 469 01 11
Address
- City
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Wabern
- Postal code
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3084
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
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Seftigenstrasse
- Streetnumber
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264
- Website
- http://www.swisstopo.admin.ch ( WWW:LINK )
- Hours of service
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08h30 - 11h00 / 14h00 - 16h00 GMT+1
- Role
- Point of contact
- Last Name
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metadata
- Organisation Acronym
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swisstopo
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
Legislation Information
- Country
- Switzerland
- Language
- German
- Language
- French
- Language
- Italien
- Legislation Type
- Other legal text on national level
- Internal Reference
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510.620, Anhang 1
- Alternate title
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Geoinformationsverordnung GeoIV
- Date (Creation)
- 2008-05-21
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-07-01
- Name
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SR 510.620
- Other citation details
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In diesem Anhang werden alle Geodaten aufgelistet, welche über ein gesetzliche Grundlage auf Bundesebene verfügen.
