Dry Matter Productivity or DMP products are 10-daily images representing estimates of dry matter, oriented towards agricultural crop monitoring and yield estimation. These DMP-images are very similar to the NPP products, they are also based on the classical Monteith-model which combines the remote sensing imagery (NDVI converted to fAPAR) with meteorological data in order to obtain estimates of the productivity of the terrestrial vegetation. Actually, the only difference is that the DMP-images are expressed in DgDM/ha/day (DgDM=dekagram Dry Matter) which agrees better with agrostatistical practices than the NPP-units gC/m²/day.

Multitemporal time series analysis and multi-annual comparisons offer interesting ways for the general monitoring of the state of the vegetation throughout the year. Under certain conditions (extraction of regional means, calibration with official harvest data), the DMP-series can be used as indicators for the final harvest of predominant crops.

Available products:

• original data in standard format (HDF) and fixed ROI (Europe)
• original data in custom format (HDF, ENVI) and user-defined ROI
• difference map in custom format (HDF, ENVI) and user-defined ROI