Assignment: MODIS time series

Objective

The objective of this assignment is to develop the skills for assessing change in vegetation condition over time. How do we know if an ecosystem is stressed or has been disturbed? Quantifying changes and attributing causality can be challenging - particularly in ecosystems that have large degrees of intra-annual variability.

One approach we have at our disposal is to compare attributes from recent years to those from a baseline period. In this lab we will explore anomalies in vegetation condition (measured in terms of EVI) to determine if condition is increasing or decreasing over time.

We will also create an animation for Africa, to inspect the seasonal changes for the vegetation over time.