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Author	Lymburner, L.; Beggs, PJ.; Jacobson, CR.
Title	Estimation of canopy-average surface-specific leaf area using Landsat TM data
Journal	Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
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Date/Year	2000
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Volume	66
Issue	2
Pages	183-191
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Indices

Nr.	Name	General Formula	Comment
1	Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index	$\frac{NIR - [540:570]}{NIR + [540:570]}$
2	Normalized Difference NIR/Green	$\frac{NIR - GREEN}{NIR + GREEN}$
3	Normalized Difference NIR/Red	$\frac{NIR - RED}{NIR + RED}$
4	Simple Ratio 800/670	$\frac{800nm}{670nm}$
5	Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{800nm - 670nm}{800nm + 670nm + L} (1 + L)$
6	Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 2	$2, 5 \frac{NIR - RED}{1 + NIR + 6 RED - 7, 5 BLUE}$
7	Specific Leaf Area Vegetation Index	$\frac{NIR}{RED + SWIR}$

Sensors

Nr.	Name	Spectral Range	Bands	Calculated	Comment
1	LandsatETM+ (Landsat7)	450-12500	8
2	LandsatMSS (Landsat1-3)	500-1100	4
3	LandsatTM (Landsat4,5)	450-12500	7

Applications

Nr.	Name	Comment
1	Vegetation
2	Vegetation - LAI
3	Vegetation - Nitrogen content
4	Vegetation - PAR

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