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Author Ceccato, Pietro; Gobron, Nadine; Flasse, Stéphane; Pinty, Bernard; Tarantola, Stefano
Title Designing a spectral index to estimate vegetation water content from remote sensing data: Part 1: Theoretical approach
Journal Remote Sensing of Environment
DOI 10.1016/s0034-4257(02)00037-8
Link http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425702000378
Date/Year 2002
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Publisher
Volume 82
Issue 2–3
Pages 188-197
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Indices

Nr. Name General Formula Comment
1 Global Vegetation Moisture Index ( NIR + 0.1 ) - ( SWIR + 0.02 ) ( NIR + 0.1 ) + ( SWIR + 0.02 )
2 Normalized Difference 860/1240 860nm - 1240nm 860nm + 1240nm
3 Normalized Difference NIR/Red NIR - RED NIR + RED
4 Simple Ratio 970/900 970nm 900nm

Sensors

Nr. Name Spectral Range Bands Calculated Comment
1 AVIRIS 355.15-2515 224
2 MODIS 405-14385 36
3 SPOT 1-3 500-890 4
4 SPOT 4 500-1750 5
5 SPOT 5 480-1750 5

Applications

Nr. Name Comment
1 Vegetation
2 Vegetation - LAI
3 Vegetation - Water

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