Vegetation greenesss data for the Aït Benhaddou Catchment, Morocco. Includes: 1984-2019 NDVI time series, breakpoint analysis results, and resillience indicator results, among others.

This dataset is comprised of two main parts, both originating from different but related works. 

The NDVI timeseries and breakpoint analysis were originally developed by Vermeer (2021) for the MSc thesis: Vermeer, A. L. (2021). Ecological stability in the face of climatic disturbances: a case study of a dryland ecosystem in the Moroccan High Atlas Mountains. These data include a harmonized timeseries of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index from different Landsat missions at 30x30 meter resolution for the Aït Benhaddou catchment in Morocco. It also includes the output of a breakpoint analysis that was conducted using this dataset, which showcases different statistical breakpoints in NDVI after a severe drought that occured between 1998 and 2002. Shapefiles, a DEM and masks of irrigiated areas for the catchment are also included. For more information about these data, consult Vermeer (2021).

The secondary part of this dataset was produced by Grootoonk (2024) for the MSc thesis: Grootoonk, W. (2024). Relations between temporal resilience indicators and trend breakpoints in a dryland high-mountain catchment, drawing upon the original dataset from Vermeer (2021). These data include Kendall's tau values for the resillience indicators variance and lag-one autocorrelation, computed using a rolling window for each pixel. Results for differerent window sizes (WS) for both indicators are included. 

Beyond these main results, a number of additional data sources are provided. These are Kendall's tau for precipitation variance in the area, produced using CHIRPS data (https://www.chc.ucsb.edu/data/chirps) and a NSI soil salinity map produced from Landsat imagery. See Grootoonk (2024) for more information.