Sensor: Early Bird

Early Bird

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Basic information

Name	Early Bird
Full Name	Early Bird
Bands	4
Spectrum [nm]	450-890
Spat.Res. [m]	3-15
Inclination	97
Orbit Height	0
Orbit Type	Sun-synchronous
Platform	Earth Watch
Operator
Date of Launch	1997-00-00
status
Comment
Usable for Indices	yes
Description

Bands/Channels

Nr.	Name	Start WL	Middle WL	End WL	Sp.Rg.	Spat. Res.	Comment
1	Pan	450	625	800	350	3
2		500	545	590	90	15
3		610	645	680	70	15
4		790	840	890	100	15

Indices

Nr.	Name	Specific Formula	Calculated	Comment
1	Adjusted transformed soil-adjusted VI	$1.22\frac{4-1.223-0.03}{1.224+3-1.22·0.03+0.08\left(1+{1.22}^2\right)}$	Automatic
2	Ashburn Vegetation Index	$2.04-3$	Automatic
3	Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 2	$-0.18+1.17\left(\frac{4-3}{4+3}\right)$	Automatic
4	Chlorophyll Green	${\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
5	Chlorophyll Index Green	$\frac{4}{2}-1$	Automatic
6	Chlorophyll vegetation index	$4\frac{3}{2^2}$	Automatic
7	Corrected Transformed Vegetation Index	$\frac{\left(\frac{3-2}{3+2}\right)+0,5}{\left|\left(\frac{3-2}{3+2}\right)+0,5\right|}·\sqrt{\left|\left(\left(\frac{3-2}{3+2}\right)\right)+0,5\right|}$	Automatic
8	Difference 678/500	$3-2$	Automatic
9	Difference 800/550	$4-2$	Automatic
10	Difference 800/680	$4-3$	Automatic
11	Difference 833/658	$4-3$	Automatic
12	Difference NIR/Green	$4-2$	Automatic
13	Differenced Vegetation Index MSS	$2.44-3$	Automatic
14	Enhanced Vegetation Index 2	$2.4\frac{4-3}{4+3+1}$	Automatic
15	Enhanced Vegetation Index 2	$2.5\frac{4-3}{4+2.43+1}$	Automatic
16	Ferric iron, Fe3+	$\frac{3}{2}$	Automatic
17	Global Environment Monitoring Index	$\left(\frac{2\left(4^2-3^2\right)+1.54+0.53}{4+3+0.5}\left(1-0.25\frac{2\left(4^2-3^2\right)+1.54+0.53}{4+3+0.5}\right)-\frac{3-0.125}{1-3}\right)$	Automatic
18	Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index	$\frac{4-2}{4+2}$	Automatic
19	Green Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{4-2}{4+2+Y}$	Automatic
20	Green Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{4-2}{4+2+L}\left(1+L\right)$	Automatic
21	Green-Red NDVI	$\frac{4-\left(2+3\right)}{4+\left(2+3\right)}$	Automatic
22	Ideal vegetation index	$\frac{4-b}{a·3}$	Automatic
23	Infrared percentage vegetation index	$\frac{\frac{4}{4+3}}{2}\left(\left(\frac{3-2}{3+2}\right)+1\right)$	Automatic
24	Inverse reflectance 550	$2^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
25	Log Ratio	$\log \left(\frac{4}{3}\right)$	Automatic
26	Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index 1	$1.2\left(2.5\left(4-3\right)-1.3\left(4-2\right)\right)$	Automatic
27	Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index 2	$\left(1.5\frac{2.5\left(4-3\right)-1.3\left(4-2\right)}{\sqrt{{\left(24+1\right)}^2-\left(64-5\sqrt{3}\right)-0.5}}\right)$	Automatic
28	Modified Simple Ratio 670,800	$\frac{\frac{4}{3}-1}{\sqrt{\frac{4}{3}+1}}$	Automatic
29	Modified Simple Ratio NIR/RED	$\frac{\left(\frac{4}{3}\right)-1}{\sqrt{\left(\frac{4}{3}\right)+1}}$	Automatic
30	Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{24+1-\sqrt{{\left(24+1\right)}^2-8\left(4-3\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
31	Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index hyper	$\left(0.5\right)\left(\left(24+1\right)-\sqrt{{\left(24+1\right)}^2-8\left(4-3\right)}\right)$	Automatic
32	Modified Triangular Vegetation Index 1	$1.2\left(1.2\left(4-2\right)-2.5\left(3-2\right)\right)$	Automatic
33	Modified Triangular Vegetation Index 2	$\left(1.5\frac{1.2\left(4-2\right)-2.5\left(3-2\right)}{\sqrt{{\left(24+1\right)}^2-\left(64-5\sqrt{3}\right)-0.5}}\right)$	Automatic
34	Nonlinear vegetation index	$\frac{4^2-3}{4^2+3}$	Automatic
35	Norm G	$\frac{2}{4+3+2}$	Automatic
36	Norm NIR	$\frac{4}{4+3+2}$	Automatic
37	Norm R	$\frac{3}{4+3+2}$	Automatic
38	Normalized Difference 550/650	$\frac{2-3}{2+3}$	Automatic
39	Normalized Difference 790/670	$\frac{4-3}{4+3}$	Automatic
40	Normalized Difference 800/500	$\frac{4-2}{4+2}$	Automatic
41	Normalized Difference 800/550	$\frac{4-2}{4+2}$	Automatic
42	Normalized Difference 800/635	$\frac{4-3}{4-3}$	Automatic
43	Normalized Difference 800/650	$\frac{4-3}{4+3}$	Automatic
44	Normalized Difference 800/675	$\frac{4-3}{4+3}$	Automatic
45	Normalized Difference 800/680	$\frac{4-3}{4+3}$	Automatic
46	Normalized Difference 827/668	$\frac{4-3}{4+3}$	Automatic
47	Normalized Difference 833/658	$\frac{4-3}{4+3}$	Automatic
48	Normalized Difference Green/Red	$\frac{2-3}{2+3}$	Automatic
49	Normalized Difference NIR/Green	$\frac{4-2}{4+2}$	Automatic
50	Normalized Difference NIR/Red	$\frac{4-3}{4+3}$	Automatic
51	Normalized Difference Red/Green	$\frac{3-2}{3+2}$	Automatic
52	Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\left(1+0.16\right)\frac{4-3}{4+3+0.16}$	Automatic
53	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A3	$\frac{\frac{3}{4}}{\frac{\mathrm{r670}}{\mathrm{r800}}}$	Automatic
54	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A4	$\frac{\frac{3}{4}}{\frac{\mathrm{r680}}{\mathrm{r800}}}$	Automatic
55	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra C3	$\frac{\frac{4}{2}}{\frac{\mathrm{r800}}{\mathrm{r500}}}$	Automatic
56	RDVI	$\frac{4-3}{{\left(4+3\right)}^{0.5}}$	Automatic
57	RDVI2	$\frac{4-3}{\sqrt{4+3}}$	Automatic
58	Renormalized Difference Vegetation Index	$\frac{4-3}{\sqrt{4+3}}$	Automatic
59	Simple Ratio 520/670	$\frac{2}{3}$	Automatic
60	Simple Ratio 550/670	$\frac{2}{3}$	Automatic
61	Simple Ratio 550/680	$\frac{2}{3}$	Automatic
62	Simple Ratio 550/800	$\frac{2}{4}$	Automatic
63	Simple Ratio 554/677	$\frac{2}{3}$	Automatic
64	Simple Ratio 560/658	$\frac{2}{3}$	Automatic
65	Simple Ratio 672/550	$\frac{3}{2}$	Automatic
66	Simple Ratio 674/553	$\frac{3}{2}$	Automatic
67	Simple Ratio 675/555	$\frac{3}{2}$	Automatic
68	Simple Ratio 800/500	$\frac{4}{2}$	Automatic
69	Simple Ratio 800/550	$\frac{4}{2}$	Automatic
70	Simple Ratio 800/635	$\frac{4}{3}$	Automatic
71	Simple Ratio 800/650	$\frac{4}{3}$	Automatic
72	Simple Ratio 800/670	$\frac{4}{3}$	Automatic
73	Simple Ratio 800/675	$\frac{4}{3}$	Automatic
74	Simple Ratio 800/680	$\frac{4}{3}$	Automatic
75	Simple Ratio 801/550	$\frac{4}{2}$	Automatic
76	Simple Ratio 801/670	$\frac{4}{3}$	Automatic
77	Simple Ratio 810/560	$\frac{4}{2}$	Automatic
78	Simple Ratio 833/658	$\frac{4}{3}$	Automatic
79	Simple Ratio 860/550	$\frac{4}{2}$	Automatic
80	Simple Ratio NIR/G	$\frac{4}{2}$	Automatic
81	Simple Ratio NIR/RED	$\frac{4}{3}$	Automatic
82	Simple Ratio Red/Green	$\frac{3}{2}$	Automatic
83	Simple Ratio Red/NIR	$\frac{3}{4}$	Automatic
84	Single Band 550	$2$	Automatic
85	Single Band 555	$2$	Automatic
86	Single Band 635	$3$	Automatic
87	Single Band 640	$3$	Automatic
88	Single Band 655	$3$	Automatic
89	Single Band 660	$3$	Automatic
90	Single Band 670	$3$	Automatic
91	Single Band 675	$3$	Automatic
92	Single Band 680	$3$	Automatic
93	Single Band 801	$4$	Automatic
94	Single Band 850	$4$	Automatic
95	Single Band 885	$4$	Automatic
96	Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{4-3}{4+3+L}\left(1+L\right)$	Automatic
97	Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index	$\left(1+L\right)\frac{4-\left(\mathrm{Rr}-y\left(\mathrm{RB}-\mathrm{Rr}\right)\right)}{4+-\left(\mathrm{Rr}-y\left(\mathrm{RB}-\mathrm{Rr}\right)\right)+L}$	Automatic
98	Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 3	$\left(1+0,5\right)\frac{4-3}{4+3+0,5}$	Automatic
99	Soil Background Line	$4-2.43$	Automatic
100	Soil-adjusted vegetation index 2	$\frac{4}{3+\frac{b}{a}}$	Automatic
101	Spectral Polygon Vegetation Index	$0.4\left(3.7\left(4-3\right)-1.2\left|2-3\right|\right)$	Automatic
102	SQRT(IR/R)	$\sqrt{\frac{4}{3}}$	Automatic
103	Transformed NDVI	$\sqrt{\frac{4-3}{4+3}+0.5}$	Automatic
104	Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{B\left(4-B·3-A\right)}{3+B\left(4-A\right)+X\left(1+B^2\right)}$	Automatic
105	Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index 2	$\frac{a·4-a·3-b}{3+a·4-a·b}$	Automatic
106	Transformed Vegetation Index	$\sqrt{\left(\left(\frac{3-2}{3+2}\right)\right)+0,5}$	Automatic
107	Weighted Difference Vegetation Index	$4-a·3$	Automatic
108	Wide Dynamic Range Vegetation Index	$\frac{0.14-3}{0.14+3}$	Automatic

Applications

Nr.	Name
1	Agriculture
2	Agriculture - Crop parameters
3	Agriculture - Crop yield
4	Agriculture - Land management
5	Agriculture - Precision Crop Management
6	Forestry
7	Forestry - Boreal
8	Metal
9	Metal - Heavy metal contamination
10	Metal - Iron
11	Soil
12	Vegetation
13	Vegetation - Biomass
14	Vegetation - Cellulose
15	Vegetation - Chlorophyll
16	Vegetation - LAI
17	Vegetation - Lignin
18	Vegetation - PAR
19	Vegetation - Starch
20	Vegetation - Stress
21	Vegetation - Vitality
22	Vegetation - Water
23	Vegetation - Water stress

References

Nr.	Author/Title	Year	Comment
1	Moran, M. S.; Inoue, Y.; Barnes, E. M. - Opportunities and limitations for image-based remote sensing in precision crop management	1997

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Visualisation of Indices

Sensor:

Indices:

Adjusted transformed soil-adjusted VI

Ashburn Vegetation Index

Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 2

Chlorophyll Green

Chlorophyll Index Green

Chlorophyll vegetation index

Corrected Transformed Vegetation Index

Difference 678/500

Difference 800/550

Difference 800/680

Difference 833/658

Difference NIR/Green

Differenced Vegetation Index MSS

Enhanced Vegetation Index 2

Enhanced Vegetation Index 2

Ferric iron, Fe3+

Global Environment Monitoring Index

Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

Green Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Green Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Green-Red NDVI

Ideal vegetation index

Infrared percentage vegetation index

Inverse reflectance 550

Log Ratio

Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index 1

Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index 2

Modified Simple Ratio 670,800

Modified Simple Ratio NIR/RED

Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index hyper

Modified Triangular Vegetation Index 1

Modified Triangular Vegetation Index 2

Nonlinear vegetation index

Norm G

Norm NIR

Norm R

Normalized Difference 550/650

Normalized Difference 790/670

Normalized Difference 800/500

Normalized Difference 800/550

Normalized Difference 800/635

Normalized Difference 800/650

Normalized Difference 800/675

Normalized Difference 800/680

Normalized Difference 827/668

Normalized Difference 833/658

Normalized Difference Green/Red

Normalized Difference NIR/Green

Normalized Difference NIR/Red

Normalized Difference Red/Green

Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A3

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A4

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra C3

RDVI

RDVI2

Renormalized Difference Vegetation Index

Simple Ratio 520/670

Simple Ratio 550/670

Simple Ratio 550/680

Simple Ratio 550/800

Simple Ratio 554/677

Simple Ratio 560/658

Simple Ratio 672/550

Simple Ratio 674/553

Simple Ratio 675/555

Simple Ratio 800/500

Simple Ratio 800/550

Simple Ratio 800/635

Simple Ratio 800/650

Simple Ratio 800/670

Simple Ratio 800/675

Simple Ratio 800/680

Simple Ratio 801/550

Simple Ratio 801/670

Simple Ratio 810/560

Simple Ratio 833/658

Simple Ratio 860/550

Simple Ratio NIR/G

Simple Ratio NIR/RED

Simple Ratio Red/Green

Simple Ratio Red/NIR

Single Band 550

Single Band 555

Single Band 635

Single Band 640

Single Band 655

Single Band 660

Single Band 670

Single Band 675

Single Band 680

Single Band 801

Single Band 850

Single Band 885

Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index

Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 3

Soil Background Line

Soil-adjusted vegetation index 2

Spectral Polygon Vegetation Index

SQRT(IR/R)

Transformed NDVI

Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index 2

Transformed Vegetation Index

Weighted Difference Vegetation Index

Wide Dynamic Range Vegetation Index

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