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NDVI (Vegetation)

Satellite rasters

Satellite-derived vegetation context for interpreting heat patterns. Use this as a citywide satellite backdrop — helpful for seeing fine-grained patterns behind neighbourhood averages.

Legend scale
0 – 1 NDVI
Map preview of NDVI (Vegetation)
Preview uses a continuous legend from 0 to 1 NDVI

What it shows

(NIR − Red) / (NIR + Red); higher = greener / more photosynthesis. Landsat vegetation greenness vegetation index tiles.

Data sources

Google Earth Engine Landsat 8/9 Collection 2 surface reflectance (summer mean over the map window).

How it was prepared

Satellite scenes are filtered for cloud and quality issues, converted to the mapped indicator, and published as map tiles clipped to Zagreb.