Index: Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

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Basic information

Name	Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index
Abbreviation	MSAVI
Formula	$\frac{2\mathrm{NIR}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{RED}\right)}}{2}$
Variables
Expl. of Variables
Wavelengths	640:760,780:1400
Source	Original formula
Description

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Sensors

Nr.	Name	Spectral Range	Bands	Specific Formula	Calculated	Comment
1	AHS	428.5-13140	80	$\frac{2\mathrm{20}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{20}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{20}-\mathrm{10}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
2	AISA	400-2506.7	498	$\frac{2\mathrm{264}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{264}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{264}-\mathrm{131}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
3	ALI	433-2350	10	$\frac{2\mathrm{MS\_\_\_5\text{'}}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{MS\_\_\_5\text{'}}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{MS\_\_\_5\text{'}}-\mathrm{MS\_\_\_3}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
4	ALOS	0-890	6	$\frac{25+1-\sqrt{{\left(25+1\right)}^2-8\left(5-4\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
5	ARIES-1	400-2587	105	$\frac{2\mathrm{36}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{36}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{36}-\mathrm{16}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
6	ASAS	400-1020	62	$\frac{2\mathrm{62}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{62}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{62}-\mathrm{30}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
7	ASTER	520-11650	15	$\frac{2\mathrm{VNIR\_Band3N}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{VNIR\_Band3N}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{VNIR\_Band3N}-\mathrm{VNIR\_Band2}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
8	AVHRR	580-12500	6	$\frac{22+1-\sqrt{{\left(22+1\right)}^2-8\left(2-1\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
9	AVIRIS	355.15-2515	224	$\frac{2\mathrm{78}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{78}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{78}-\mathrm{37}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
10	AVIS	550-994	74	$\frac{2\mathrm{74}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{74}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{74}-\mathrm{25}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
11	AVNIR	400-920	5	$\frac{25+1-\sqrt{{\left(25+1\right)}^2-8\left(5-4\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
12	Azimuth Systems AZ-16	0-13000	12	$\frac{28+1-\sqrt{{\left(28+1\right)}^2-8\left(8-6\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
13	CASI 550	400-1000	288	$\frac{2\mathrm{288}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{288}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{288}-\mathrm{144}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
14	CASI EG	474.7-789.5	13	$\frac{2\mathrm{13}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{13}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{13}-7\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
15	CASI spectral	391-905.5	96	$\frac{2\mathrm{96}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{96}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{96}-\mathrm{58}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
16	CASI-2 Vegetation	441.53-869.54	12	$\frac{2\mathrm{12}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{12}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{12}-5\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
17	CASI1500	380-1500	288	$\frac{2\mathrm{183}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{183}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{183}-\mathrm{83}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
18	CASI_spatial	417-806	11	$\frac{2\mathrm{11}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{11}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{11}-8\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
19	CBERS-1/CBERS-2	450-890	8	$\frac{2\mathrm{infrared}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{infrared}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{infrared}-\mathrm{red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
20	ChrisProbaM1	406-1003	62	$\frac{2\mathrm{A62}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{A62}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{A62}-\mathrm{A29}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
21	ChrisProbaM2	406-1036	18	$\frac{2\mathrm{W18}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{W18}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{W18}-\mathrm{W14}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
22	ChrisProbaM3	438-1035	18	$\frac{2\mathrm{L18}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{L18}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{L18}-\mathrm{L9}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
23	ChrisProbaM3A	420-910	18	$\frac{2\mathrm{L18}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{L18}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{L18}-\mathrm{L10}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
24	ChrisProbaM4	486-796	18	$\frac{2\mathrm{C18}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{C18}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{C18}-\mathrm{C8}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
25	ChrisProbaM5	438-1036	37	$\frac{2\mathrm{H37}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{H37}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{H37}-\mathrm{H10}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
26	Daedalus	0-13000	12	$\frac{28+1-\sqrt{{\left(28+1\right)}^2-8\left(8-6\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
27	DAIS-7915	400-12600	79	$\frac{2\mathrm{32}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{32}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{32}-\mathrm{16}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
28	Deimos-2	420-890	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{MS4}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{MS4}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{MS4}-\mathrm{MS3}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
29	DubaiSat-1	420-890	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{MS4\_Near\_Infrared}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{MS4\_Near\_Infrared}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{MS4\_Near\_Infrared}-\mathrm{MS3\_Red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
30	Early Bird	450-890	4	$\frac{24+1-\sqrt{{\left(24+1\right)}^2-8\left(4-3\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
31	EnMap	420-2450	244	$\frac{2\mathrm{108}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{108}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{108}-\mathrm{44}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
32	Formosat-2	450-900	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{B4}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{B4}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{B4}-\mathrm{B3}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
33	GeoEye-1	450-920	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{NIR1}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR1}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{NIR1}-\mathrm{Red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
34	GLI	375-12500	36	$\frac{2\mathrm{24}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{24}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{24}-\mathrm{14}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
35	GOMOS	250-952	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{NIR2}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR2}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{NIR2}-\mathrm{Red\_phonometer}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
36	HRSC-A	395-1015	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{Infrared}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{Infrared}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{Infrared}-\mathrm{Red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
37	HYDICE	400-2500	210	$\frac{2\mathrm{69}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{69}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{69}-\mathrm{30}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
38	HyMap	429-2493.8	126	$\frac{2\mathrm{44}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{44}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{44}-\mathrm{18}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
39	Hyperion	349.896-2582.28	242	$\frac{2\mathrm{B95}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{B95}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{B95}-\mathrm{B35}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
40	IKONOS-2	445-900	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{nahe\_Infrarot}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{nahe\_Infrarot}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{nahe\_Infrarot}-\mathrm{Rot}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
41	INSAT-2E	550-12500	6	$\frac{2\mathrm{CCD\_Near\_Infrared}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{CCD\_Near\_Infrared}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{CCD\_Near\_Infrared}-\mathrm{VHRR\_Visible}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
42	IRS-1A	450-860	4	$\frac{24+1-\sqrt{{\left(24+1\right)}^2-8\left(4-3\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
43	IRS-1B	450-860	4	$\frac{24+1-\sqrt{{\left(24+1\right)}^2-8\left(4-3\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
44	IRS-1C	500-1700	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{NIR}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
45	IRS-1D	500-1700	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{NIR}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
46	IRS-P2	450-860	4	$\frac{24+1-\sqrt{{\left(24+1\right)}^2-8\left(4-3\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
47	IRS-P3	403-1650	18	$\frac{2\mathrm{MOS\_B11}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{MOS\_B11}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{MOS\_B11}-\mathrm{MOS\_B8}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
48	IRS-P4	402-1700	9	$\frac{28+1-\sqrt{{\left(28+1\right)}^2-8\left(8-6\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
49	Kompsat-2	0-900	5	$\frac{25+1-\sqrt{{\left(25+1\right)}^2-8\left(5-4\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
50	Landsat 8	435-12510	11	$\frac{2\mathrm{Near\_Infrared}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{Near\_Infrared}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{Near\_Infrared}-\mathrm{Red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
51	LandsatETM+ (Landsat7)	450-12500	8	$\frac{2\mathrm{NIR}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
52	LandsatMSS (Landsat1-3)	500-1100	4	$\frac{24+1-\sqrt{{\left(24+1\right)}^2-8\left(4-2\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
53	LandsatTM (Landsat4,5)	450-12500	7	$\frac{2\mathrm{NIR}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
54	MERIS	407.5-905	15	$\frac{2\mathrm{15}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{15}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{15}-9\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
55	MERSI	402-12750	20	$\frac{2\mathrm{18}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{18}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{18}-\mathrm{12}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
56	MIPAS	685-2410	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{NIR2}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR2}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{NIR2}-\mathrm{NIR1}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
57	MMR	450-2300	7	$\frac{25+1-\sqrt{{\left(25+1\right)}^2-8\left(5-3\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
58	MODIS	405-14385	36	$\frac{25+1-\sqrt{{\left(25+1\right)}^2-8\left(5-\mathrm{14}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
59	Monitor-E	510-900	4	$\frac{24+1-\sqrt{{\left(24+1\right)}^2-8\left(4-3\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
60	MSU-MR	500-12500	6	$\frac{22+1-\sqrt{{\left(22+1\right)}^2-8\left(2-1\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
61	MVISR	430-12200	10	$\frac{2\mathrm{10}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{10}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{10}-1\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
62	OCM-2	402-885	8	$\frac{28+1-\sqrt{{\left(28+1\right)}^2-8\left(8-7\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
63	Orbview-1	450-900	5	$\frac{25+1-\sqrt{{\left(25+1\right)}^2-8\left(5-4\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
64	Orbview-4	450-2450	200	$\frac{2\mathrm{64}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{64}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{64}-\mathrm{25}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
65	PHI	400-1000.35	244	$\frac{2\mathrm{244}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{244}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{244}-\mathrm{122}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
66	Pleiades-1	430-950	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{NIR1}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR1}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{NIR1}-\mathrm{Red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
67	PROBA-V	440-1635	4	$\frac{2\mathrm{NIR}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{RED}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
68	QuickBird	450-900	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{near\_infrared}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{near\_infrared}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{near\_infrared}-\mathrm{red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
69	RapidEye	440-850	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{Near\_Infrared}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{Near\_Infrared}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{Near\_Infrared}-\mathrm{Red\_edge}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
70	Resource21	450-1650	6	$\frac{24+1-\sqrt{{\left(24+1\right)}^2-8\left(4-3\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
71	Resurs-DK1	500-800	4	$\frac{24+1-\sqrt{{\left(24+1\right)}^2-8\left(4-3\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
72	SCIAMACHY	240-2380	15	$\frac{2\mathrm{NIR2}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR2}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{NIR2}-\mathrm{VIS2}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
73	SeaWiFS	412-905	8	$\frac{28+1-\sqrt{{\left(28+1\right)}^2-8\left(8-6\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
74	Sentinel-2A	433-2280	13	$\frac{29+1-\sqrt{{\left(29+1\right)}^2-8\left(9-5\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
75	SEVIRI	560-14400	12	$\frac{2\mathrm{VIS\_0.8\_}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{VIS\_0.8\_}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{VIS\_0.8\_}-\mathrm{HRV}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
76	SIS	450-900	5	$\frac{25+1-\sqrt{{\left(25+1\right)}^2-8\left(5-4\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
77	SPOT 1-3	500-890	4	$\frac{2\mathrm{near\_infrared}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{near\_infrared}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{near\_infrared}-\mathrm{red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
78	SPOT 4	500-1750	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{near\_infrared}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{near\_infrared}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{near\_infrared}-\mathrm{red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
79	SPOT 5	480-1750	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{near\_infrared}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{near\_infrared}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{near\_infrared}-\mathrm{red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
80	SPOT 6	450-890	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{NIR}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{RED}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
81	SPOT 7	450-890	5	$\frac{2\mathrm{NIR}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{RED}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
82	UK-DMC 2	520-900	3	$\frac{2\mathrm{NIR}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
83	VENμS	400-920	12	$\frac{2\mathrm{12}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{12}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{12}-8\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
84	VIIRS	412-13350	22	$\frac{2\mathrm{DNB}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{DNB}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{DNB}-\mathrm{I1}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
85	VIRR	430-12500	10	$\frac{22+1-\sqrt{{\left(22+1\right)}^2-8\left(2-1\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
86	WorldView-2	400-1040	9	$\frac{2\mathrm{Near\_Infrared\_2\_Band}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{Near\_Infrared\_2\_Band}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{Near\_Infrared\_2\_Band}-\mathrm{Red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
87	WorldView-3	400-2365	29	$\frac{2\mathrm{SWIR\_1}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{SWIR\_1}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{SWIR\_1}-\mathrm{Red\_Edge}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic

Applications

Nr.	Name	Comment
1	Vegetation

References

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2	Goel, Narendra S.; Qin, Wenhan - Influences of canopy architecture on relationships between various vegetation indices and LAI and Fpar: A computer simulation	1994
3	Haboudane, Driss; Miller, John R.; Pattey, Elizabeth; Zarco-Tejada, Pablo J.; Strachan, Ian B. - Hyperspectral vegetation indices and novel algorithms for predicting green LAI of crop canopies: Modeling and validation in the context of precision agriculture	2004
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Visualisation of Sensor-Bands

Index:

Sensors:

AHS

AISA

ALI

ALOS

ARIES-1

ASAS

ASTER

AVHRR

AVIRIS

AVIS

AVNIR

Azimuth Systems AZ-16

CASI 550

CASI EG

CASI spectral

CASI-2 Vegetation

CASI1500

CASI_spatial

CBERS-1/CBERS-2

ChrisProbaM1

ChrisProbaM2

ChrisProbaM3

ChrisProbaM3A

ChrisProbaM4

ChrisProbaM5

Daedalus

DAIS-7915

Deimos-2

DubaiSat-1

Early Bird

EnMap

Formosat-2

GeoEye-1

GLI

GOMOS

HRSC-A

HYDICE

HyMap

Hyperion

IKONOS-2

INSAT-2E

IRS-1A

IRS-1B

IRS-1C

IRS-1D

IRS-P2

IRS-P3

IRS-P4

Kompsat-2

Landsat 8

LandsatETM+ (Landsat7)

LandsatMSS (Landsat1-3)

LandsatTM (Landsat4,5)

MERIS

MERSI

MIPAS

MMR

MODIS

Monitor-E

MSU-MR

MVISR

OCM-2

Orbview-1

Orbview-4

PHI

Pleiades-1

PROBA-V

QuickBird

RapidEye

Resource21

Resurs-DK1

SCIAMACHY

SeaWiFS

Sentinel-2A

SEVIRI

SIS

SPOT 1-3

SPOT 4

SPOT 5

SPOT 6

SPOT 7

UK-DMC 2

VENμS

VIIRS

VIRR

WorldView-2

WorldView-3

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