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Author Glenn, E. P.; Nagler, P. L.; Huete, A. R.
Title Vegetation Index Methods for Estimating Evapotranspiration by Remote Sensing
Journal Surveys in Geophysics
DOI 10.1007/s10712-010-9102-2
Link <Go to ISI>://WOS:000284318100001
Date/Year Dec / 2010
Location
Publisher
Volume 31
Issue 6
Pages 531-555
Keywords NDVI; Enhanced Vegetation Index; Fluxnet; MODIS; Remote sensing; land-surface evaporation; basal crop coefficients; colorado river delta; modis satellite data; canopy reflectance; potential evapotranspiration; riparian evapotranspiration; meteorological data; eddy covariance; energy-balance
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Indices

Nr. Name General Formula Comment
1 Enhanced Vegetation Index 2.5 NIR - RED ( NIR + 6 RED - 7.5 BLUE ) + 1
2 Global Vegetation Moisture Index ( NIR + 0.1 ) - ( SWIR + 0.02 ) ( NIR + 0.1 ) + ( SWIR + 0.02 )
3 Normalized Difference NIR/Red NIR - RED NIR + RED
4 Residual Moisture Index
5 Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index 800nm - 670nm 800nm + 670nm + L ( 1 + L )

Sensors

Nr. Name Spectral Range Bands Calculated Comment
1 ASTER 520-11650 15
2 AVHRR 580-12500 6
3 GEOS
4 HyspIRI
5 LandsatETM+ (Landsat7) 450-12500 8
6 LandsatMSS (Landsat1-3) 500-1100 4
7 LandsatTM (Landsat4,5) 450-12500 7
8 MODIS 405-14385 36

Applications

Nr. Name Comment
1 Agriculture
2 Vegetation
3 Vegetation - Chlorophyll
4 Vegetation - LAI
5 Vegetation - PAR

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