Sensor: CBERS-1/CBERS-2

CBERS-1/CBERS-2

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Basic information

Name CBERS-1/CBERS-2
Full Name
Bands 8
Spectrum [nm] 450-890
Spat.Res. [m] 2.7-260
Inclination 0
Orbit Height 0
Orbit Type
Platform
Operator Brazil and China
Date of Launch 2003-10-21
status
Comment CBERS-2 is identical to CBERS-1 and was launched 2003-10-21
Usable for Indices yes
Description

Bands/Channels

Bands
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Nr. Name Start WL Middle WL End WL Sp.Rg. Spat. Res. Comment
1 red 630 660 690 60 260 WFI - Wide Field Imager
2 infrared 770 830 890 120 260 WFI - Wide Field Imager
3 pan 510 620 730 220 20 CCD - High Resolution Camera
4 blue 450 485 520 70 20 CCD - High Resolution Camera
5 green 520 555 590 70 20 CCD - High Resolution Camera
6 red 630 660 690 60 20 CCD - High Resolution Camera
7 near infrared 770 830 890 120 20 CCD - High Resolution Camera
8 panchromatic 500 650 800 300 2.7 IRMSS - Infrared Multispectral Scanner

Indices

Nr. Name Specific Formula Calculated Comment
1 Adjusted transformed soil-adjusted VI 1.22 infrared - 1.22 red - 0.03 1.22 infrared + red - 1.22 · 0.03 + 0.08 ( 1 + 1.222 ) Automatic
2 Ashburn Vegetation Index 2.0 infrared - red Automatic
3 Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index infrared - red - y ( red - blue ) infrared + red - y ( red - blue ) Automatic
4 Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 2 -0.18 + 1.17 ( infrared - red infrared + red ) Automatic
5 Blue-wide dynamic range vegetation index 0.1 infrared - blue 0.1 infrared + blue Automatic
6 Canopy Chlorophyll Content Index infrared - red infrared + red infrared - Red infrared + Red Automatic
7 Chlorophyll Green ( infrared green ) ( -1 ) Automatic
8 Chlorophyll Index Green infrared green - 1 Automatic
9 Chlorophyll IndexRedEdge infrared red - 1 Automatic
10 Chlorophyll Red-Edge ( infrared red ) ( -1 ) Automatic
11 Chlorophyll vegetation index infrared red green2 Automatic
12 Coloration Index red - blue red Automatic
13 Corrected Transformed Vegetation Index ( red - green red + green ) + 0 ,5 | ( red - green red + green ) + 0 ,5| · | ( ( red - green red + green ) ) + 0 ,5| Automatic
14 CRI550 blue ( -1 ) - green ( -1 ) Automatic
15 Difference 678/500 red - blue Automatic
16 Difference 800/550 infrared - green Automatic
17 Difference 800/680 infrared - red Automatic
18 Difference 833/658 infrared - red Automatic
19 Difference NIR/Green infrared - green Automatic
20 Differenced Vegetation Index MSS 2.4 infrared - red Automatic
21 Enhanced Vegetation Index 2.5 infrared - red ( infrared + 6 red - 7.5 blue ) + 1 Automatic
22 Enhanced Vegetation Index 2 2.4 infrared - red infrared + red + 1 Automatic
23 Enhanced Vegetation Index 2 2.5 infrared - red infrared + 2.4 red + 1 Automatic
24 Ferric iron, Fe3+ red green Automatic
25 Global Environment Monitoring Index ( 2 ( infrared2 - red2 ) + 1.5 infrared + 0.5 red infrared + red + 0.5 ( 1 - 0.25 2 ( infrared2 - red2 ) + 1.5 infrared + 0.5 red infrared + red + 0.5 ) - red - 0.125 1 - red ) Automatic
26 Green atmospherically resistant vegetation index infrared - ( green - ( blue - red ) ) infrared - ( green + ( blue - red ) ) Automatic
27 Green leaf index 2 green - red - blue 2 green + red + blue Automatic
28 Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index infrared - green infrared + green Automatic
29 Green Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index infrared - green infrared + green + Y Automatic
30 Green Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index infrared - green infrared + green + L ( 1 + L ) Automatic
31 Green-Blue NDVI infrared - ( green + blue ) infrared + ( green + blue ) Automatic
32 Green-Red NDVI infrared - ( green + red ) infrared + ( green + red ) Automatic
33 Hue arctan ( 2 red - green - blue 30.5 ( green - blue ) ) Automatic
34 Ideal vegetation index infrared - b a · red Automatic
35 Infrared percentage vegetation index infrared infrared + red 2 ( ( red - green red + green ) + 1 ) Automatic
36 Intensity ( 1 30.5 ) ( red + green + blue ) Automatic
37 Inverse reflectance 550 green ( -1 ) Automatic
38 Log Ratio log ( infrared red ) Automatic
39 mCRIG ( blue ( -1 ) - green ( -1 ) ) · infrared Automatic
40 mCRIRE ( blue ( -1 ) - red ( -1 ) ) · infrared Automatic
41 Misra Green Vegetation Index -0.386 green - 0.530 red + 0.535 infrared + 0.532 near_infrared Automatic
42 Misra Non Such Index 0.404 green - 0.039 red - 0.505 infrared + 0.762 near_infrared Automatic
43 Misra Soil Brightness Index 0.406 green + 0.600 red + 0.645 infrared + 0.243 near_infrared Automatic
44 Misra Yellow Vegetation Index 0.723 green - 0.597 red + 0.206 infrared - 0.278 near_infrared Automatic
45 Modified anthocyanin reflectance index ( green ( -1 ) - red ( -1 ) ) · infrared Automatic
46 Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index 1 1.2 ( 2.5 ( infrared - red ) - 1.3 ( infrared - green ) ) Automatic
47 Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index 2 ( 1.5 2.5 ( infrared - red ) - 1.3 ( infrared - green ) ( 2 infrared + 1 ) 2 - ( 6 infrared - 5 red ) - 0.5 ) Automatic
48 Modified Simple Ratio 670,800 infrared red - 1 infrared red + 1 Automatic
49 Modified Simple Ratio NIR/RED ( infrared red ) - 1 ( infrared red ) + 1 Automatic
50 Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index 2 infrared + 1 - ( 2 infrared + 1 ) 2 - 8 ( infrared - red ) 2 Automatic
51 Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index hyper ( 0.5 ) ( ( 2 infrared + 1 ) - ( 2 infrared + 1 ) 2 - 8 ( infrared - red ) ) Automatic
52 Modified Triangular Vegetation Index 1 1.2 ( 1.2 ( infrared - green ) - 2.5 ( red - green ) ) Automatic
53 Modified Triangular Vegetation Index 2 ( 1.5 1.2 ( infrared - green ) - 2.5 ( red - green ) ( 2 infrared + 1 ) 2 - ( 6 infrared - 5 red ) - 0.5 ) Automatic
54 Nonlinear vegetation index infrared2 - red infrared2 + red Automatic
55 Norm G green infrared + red + green Automatic
56 Norm NIR infrared infrared + red + green Automatic
57 Norm R red infrared + red + green Automatic
58 Normalized Difference 550/450 green - blue green + blue Automatic
59 Normalized Difference 550/650 green - red green + red Automatic
60 Normalized Difference 682/553 red - green red - green Automatic
61 Normalized Difference 774/677 infrared - red infrared + red Automatic
62 Normalized Difference 780/550 infrared - green infrared + green Automatic
63 Normalized Difference 782/666 infrared - red infrared + red Automatic
64 Normalized Difference 790/670 infrared - red infrared + red Automatic
65 Normalized Difference 800/470 infrared - blue infrared + blue Automatic
66 Normalized Difference 800/500 infrared - blue infrared + blue Automatic
67 Normalized Difference 800/550 infrared - green infrared + green Automatic
68 Normalized Difference 800/635 infrared - red infrared - red Automatic
69 Normalized Difference 800/650 infrared - red infrared + red Automatic
70 Normalized Difference 800/675 infrared - red infrared + red Automatic
71 Normalized Difference 800/680 infrared - red infrared + red Automatic
72 Normalized Difference 827/668 infrared - red infrared + red Automatic
73 Normalized Difference 833/658 infrared - red infrared + red Automatic
74 Normalized Difference Green/Red green - red green + red Automatic
75 Normalized Difference NIR/Blue infrared - blue infrared + blue Automatic
76 Normalized Difference NIR/Green infrared - green infrared + green Automatic
77 Normalized Difference NIR/Red infrared - red infrared + red Automatic
78 Normalized Difference NIR/Rededge infrared - red infrared + red Automatic
79 Normalized Difference Red/Green red - green red + green Automatic
80 Normalized Difference Vegetation Index 690-710 infrared - red infrared + red Automatic
81 Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index ( 1 + 0.16 ) infrared - red infrared + red + 0.16 Automatic
82 Pan NDVI infrared - ( green + red + blue ) infrared + ( green + red + blue ) Automatic
83 Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A3 red infrared r670 r800 Automatic
84 Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A4 red infrared r680 r800 Automatic
85 Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra B3 red red · near_infrared r650 r800 r675 Automatic
86 Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra B4 red red · near_infrared r635 r800 r680 Automatic
87 Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra C3 infrared blue r800 r500 Automatic
88 Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra C4 infrared blue r800 r470 Automatic
89 RDVI infrared - red ( infrared + red ) 0.5 Automatic
90 RDVI2 infrared - red infrared + red Automatic
91 Red-Blue NDVI infrared - ( red + blue ) infrared + ( red + blue ) Automatic
92 Reflectance at the inflexion point red + infrared 2 Automatic
93 Renormalized Difference Vegetation Index infrared - red infrared + red Automatic
94 Shape Index 2 red - green - blue green - blue Automatic
95 Simple Ratio 450/550 blue green Automatic
96 Simple Ratio 450/690 blue red Automatic
97 Simple Ratio 520/670 blue red Automatic
98 Simple Ratio 550/670 green red Automatic
99 Simple Ratio 550/680 green red Automatic
100 Simple Ratio 550/800 green infrared Automatic
101 Simple Ratio 554/677 green red Automatic
102 Simple Ratio 560/658 green red Automatic
103 Simple Ratio 672/550 red green Automatic
104 Simple Ratio 674/553 red green Automatic
105 Simple Ratio 675/555 red green Automatic
106 Simple Ratio 683/510 red blue Automatic
107 Simple Ratio 774/677 infrared red Automatic
108 Simple Ratio 800/470 infrared blue Automatic
109 Simple Ratio 800/500 infrared blue Automatic
110 Simple Ratio 800/550 infrared green Automatic
111 Simple Ratio 800/635 infrared red Automatic
112 Simple Ratio 800/650 infrared red Automatic
113 Simple Ratio 800/670 infrared red Automatic
114 Simple Ratio 800/675 infrared red Automatic
115 Simple Ratio 800/680 infrared red Automatic
116 Simple Ratio 801/550 infrared green Automatic
117 Simple Ratio 801/670 infrared red Automatic
118 Simple Ratio 810/560 infrared green Automatic
119 Simple Ratio 833/658 infrared red Automatic
120 Simple Ratio 860/550 infrared green Automatic
121 Simple Ratio NIR/G infrared green Automatic
122 Simple Ratio NIR/RED infrared red Automatic
123 Simple Ratio NIR/Rededge infrared red Automatic
124 Simple Ratio Red/Blue red blue Automatic
125 Simple Ratio Red/Green red green Automatic
126 Simple Ratio Red/NIR red infrared Automatic
127 Single Band 460 blue Automatic
128 Single Band 470 blue Automatic
129 Single Band 495 blue Automatic
130 Single Band 550 green Automatic
131 Single Band 555 green Automatic
132 Single Band 635 red Automatic
133 Single Band 640 red Automatic
134 Single Band 655 red Automatic
135 Single Band 660 red Automatic
136 Single Band 670 red Automatic
137 Single Band 675 red Automatic
138 Single Band 680 red Automatic
139 Single Band 801 infrared Automatic
140 Single Band 850 infrared Automatic
141 Single Band 885 infrared Automatic
142 Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index infrared - red infrared + red + L ( 1 + L ) Automatic
143 Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index ( 1 + L ) infrared - ( Rr - y ( RB - Rr ) ) infrared + - ( Rr - y ( RB - Rr ) ) + L Automatic
144 Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 2 2, 5 infrared - red 1 + infrared + 6 red - 7 , 5 blue Automatic
145 Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 3 ( 1 + 0 ,5 ) infrared - red infrared + red + 0 ,5 Automatic
146 Soil Background Line infrared - 2.4 red Automatic
147 Soil-adjusted vegetation index 2 infrared red + b a Automatic
148 Spectral Polygon Vegetation Index 0.4 ( 3.7 ( infrared - red ) - 1.2 | green - red | ) Automatic
149 SQRT(IR/R) infrared red Automatic
150 Structure Intensive Pigment Index 2 infrared - blue infrared - red Automatic
151 Structure Intensive Pigment Index 3 infrared - blue infrared - red Automatic
152 Tasselled Cap - Green Vegetation Index MSS -0.283 green - 0.660 red + 0.577 infrared + 0.388 near_infrared Automatic
153 Tasselled Cap - Non Such Index MSS -0.016 green + 0.131 red - 0.425 infrared + 0.882 near_infrared Automatic
154 Tasselled Cap - Soil Brightness Index MSS 0.332 green + 0.603 red + 0.675 infrared + 0.262 near_infrared Automatic
155 Tasselled Cap - Yellow Vegetation Index MSS -0.899 green + 0.428 red + 0.076 infrared - 0.041 near_infrared Automatic
156 Transformed NDVI infrared - red infrared + red + 0.5 Automatic
157 Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index B ( infrared - B · red - A ) red + B ( infrared - A ) + X ( 1 + B2 ) Automatic
158 Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index 2 a · infrared - a · red - b red + a · infrared - a · b Automatic
159 Transformed Vegetation Index ( ( red - green red + green ) ) + 0 ,5 Automatic
160 Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index Green green - red green + red - blue Automatic
161 Weighted Difference Vegetation Index infrared - a · red Automatic
162 Wide Dynamic Range Vegetation Index 0.1 infrared - red 0.1 infrared + red 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 Geology
9 Hyperspectral remote sensing - Red-edge position
10 Metal
11 Metal - Heavy metal contamination
12 Metal - Iron
13 Soil
14 Vegetation
15 Vegetation - Biomass
16 Vegetation - Cellulose
17 Vegetation - Chlorophyll
18 Vegetation - LAI
19 Vegetation - Lignin
20 Vegetation - PAR
21 Vegetation - Starch
22 Vegetation - Stress
23 Vegetation - Vitality
24 Vegetation - Water
25 Vegetation - Water stress

References

Nr. Author/Title Year Comment
1 Galvão, L. S.; Formaggio, A. R.; Tisot, D. A. - The influence of spectral resolution on discriminating Brazilian sugarcane varieties 2006

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Visualisation of Indices

Sensor:

Indices:

Adjusted transformed soil-adjusted VI

Ashburn Vegetation Index

Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index

Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 2

Blue-wide dynamic range vegetation index

Canopy Chlorophyll Content Index

Chlorophyll Green

Chlorophyll Index Green

Chlorophyll IndexRedEdge

Chlorophyll Red-Edge

Chlorophyll vegetation index

Coloration Index

Corrected Transformed Vegetation Index

CRI550

Difference 678/500

Difference 800/550

Difference 800/680

Difference 833/658

Difference NIR/Green

Differenced Vegetation Index MSS

Enhanced Vegetation Index

Enhanced Vegetation Index 2

Enhanced Vegetation Index 2

Ferric iron, Fe3+

Global Environment Monitoring Index

Green atmospherically resistant vegetation index

Green leaf index

Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

Green Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Green Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Green-Blue NDVI

Green-Red NDVI

Hue

Ideal vegetation index

Infrared percentage vegetation index

Intensity

Inverse reflectance 550

Log Ratio

mCRIG

mCRIRE

Misra Green Vegetation Index

Misra Non Such Index

Misra Soil Brightness Index

Misra Yellow Vegetation Index

Modified anthocyanin reflectance index

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 550/450

Normalized Difference 550/650

Normalized Difference 682/553

Normalized Difference 774/677

Normalized Difference 780/550

Normalized Difference 782/666

Normalized Difference 790/670

Normalized Difference 800/470

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/Blue

Normalized Difference NIR/Green

Normalized Difference NIR/Red

Normalized Difference NIR/Rededge

Normalized Difference Red/Green

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index 690-710

Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Pan NDVI

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A3

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A4

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra B3

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra B4

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra C3

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra C4

RDVI

RDVI2

Red-Blue NDVI

Reflectance at the inflexion point

Renormalized Difference Vegetation Index

Shape Index

Simple Ratio 450/550

Simple Ratio 450/690

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 683/510

Simple Ratio 774/677

Simple Ratio 800/470

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 NIR/Rededge

Simple Ratio Red/Blue

Simple Ratio Red/Green

Simple Ratio Red/NIR

Single Band 460

Single Band 470

Single Band 495

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 2

Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 3

Soil Background Line

Soil-adjusted vegetation index 2

Spectral Polygon Vegetation Index

SQRT(IR/R)

Structure Intensive Pigment Index 2

Structure Intensive Pigment Index 3

Tasselled Cap - Green Vegetation Index MSS

Tasselled Cap - Non Such Index MSS

Tasselled Cap - Soil Brightness Index MSS

Tasselled Cap - Yellow Vegetation Index MSS

Transformed NDVI

Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index 2

Transformed Vegetation Index

Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index Green

Weighted Difference Vegetation Index

Wide Dynamic Range Vegetation Index

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