Extreme Rut = Less Greenery

There accept been a number of maps which accept attempted to visualize the extreme atmospheric condition that much of the populace has experienced inwards 2018. In Mapping One Hot Summer explored atmospheric condition visualizations from the Berliner Morgenpost, the BBC together with the Washington Post. Another stark number of the extreme rut inwards Europe this summertime is the sudden drib inwards the continent's greenish vegetation.

The European Union NDVI 2018 interactive map is a rattling effective visualization of how this summer's extreme rut has affected Europe's vegetation. The map includes 2 map views showing the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index for 2017 together with 2018 side-by-side. This side-by-side visualization allows users to easily compare the amount of greenish vegetation inwards Europe this August amongst the amount of greenish vegetation measured inwards August of terminal year.

The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NVDI) is a elementary graphical indicator that uses remote sensing measurements, typically from satellite imagery, to assess the levels of alive greenish vegetation. The European Union NDVI 2018 map uses Google's footing Engine application to exactly compare the NVDI measuring for Europe from August 2018 amongst the NVDI measuring for the same calendar month inwards 2017.