Phenomap of Latium (IT)

Information on the coarse-scale vegetation phenology of Latium was obtained from the 16-day MODIS 250 m Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) product (MOD13Q1). EVI data proved to be effective in measuring dense vegetation regions, like Latium territory. From 2004 to 2015, 23 EVI images per year were acquired (i.e., 276 images totally). We next generated a mean annual EVI profile for each pixel by averaging the EVI values of each 16-day image over the period 2004–2015. On this basis, we segmented the study area and obtained landscape units (LUs) homogeneous in terms of vegetation phenology, i.e., with pixels showing similar EVI temporal patterns.