Sensor: SeaWiFS

SeaWiFS

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Basic information

Name	SeaWiFS
Full Name	Sea-viewing Wide Field of view Sensor
Bands	8
Spectrum [nm]	412-905
Spat.Res. [m]	0-0
Inclination	0
Orbit Height	705
Orbit Type	Sun-synchronous circular polar
Platform	SeaStar/OrbView-2
Operator	GeoEye
Date of Launch	1999-08-01
status	Out of service
Comment	OrbView-2: Date of launch: 1 August 1997
Usable for Indices	yes
Description

Bands/Channels

Nr.	Name	Start WL	Middle WL	End WL	Sp.Rg.	Spat. Res.	Comment
1		412	422	432	20	0	Dissolved organic matter (violet absorption)
2		443	453	463	20	0	Chlorophyll (blue absorption)
3		490	500	510	20	0	Chlorophyll (blue / green absorption)
4		510	520	530	20	0	Chlorophyll (green absorption)
5		555	565	575	20	0	Chlorophyll (green reflection)
6		670	680	690	20	0	Atmospheric aerosols
7		765	785	805	40	0	Atmospheric aerosols
8		865	885	905	40	0	Atmospheric aerosols

Indices

Nr.	Name	Specific Formula	Calculated	Comment
1	Adjusted transformed soil-adjusted VI	$1.22\frac{8-1.226-0.03}{1.228+6-1.22·0.03+0.08\left(1+{1.22}^2\right)}$	Automatic
2	Ashburn Vegetation Index	$2.08-6$	Automatic
3	Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index	$\frac{8-6-y\left(6-2\right)}{8+6-y\left(6-2\right)}$	Automatic
4	Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 2	$-0.18+1.17\left(\frac{8-6}{8+6}\right)$	Automatic
5	Blue-wide dynamic range vegetation index	$\frac{0.18-2}{0.18+2}$	Automatic
6	Canopy Chlorophyll Content Index	$\frac{\frac{8-6}{8+6}}{\frac{8-\mathrm{Red}}{8+\mathrm{Red}}}$	Automatic
7	Chlorophyll Green	${\left(\frac{7}{5}\right)}^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
8	Chlorophyll Index Green	$\frac{8}{4}-1$	Automatic
9	Chlorophyll IndexRedEdge	$\frac{8}{6}-1$	Automatic
10	Chlorophyll Red-Edge	${\left(\frac{7}{6}\right)}^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
11	Chlorophyll vegetation index	$8\frac{6}{4^2}$	Automatic
12	Coloration Index	$\frac{6-2}{6}$	Automatic
13	Corrected Transformed Vegetation Index	$\frac{\left(\frac{6-4}{6+4}\right)+0,5}{\left|\left(\frac{6-4}{6+4}\right)+0,5\right|}·\sqrt{\left|\left(\left(\frac{6-4}{6+4}\right)\right)+0,5\right|}$	Automatic
14	Difference 678/500	$6-3$	Automatic
15	Difference 800/680	$7-6$	Automatic
16	Difference NIR/Green	$8-4$	Automatic
17	Differenced Vegetation Index MSS	$2.48-6$	Automatic
18	Enhanced Vegetation Index	$2.5\frac{8-6}{\left(8+66-7.52\right)+1}$	Automatic
19	Enhanced Vegetation Index 2	$2.4\frac{8-6}{8+6+1}$	Automatic
20	Enhanced Vegetation Index 2	$2.5\frac{8-6}{8+2.46+1}$	Automatic
21	Ferric iron, Fe3+	$\frac{6}{5}$	Automatic
22	Global Environment Monitoring Index	$\left(\frac{2\left(8^2-6^2\right)+1.58+0.56}{8+6+0.5}\left(1-0.25\frac{2\left(8^2-6^2\right)+1.58+0.56}{8+6+0.5}\right)-\frac{6-0.125}{1-6}\right)$	Automatic
23	Green atmospherically resistant vegetation index	$\frac{8-\left(4-\left(2-6\right)\right)}{8-\left(4+\left(2-6\right)\right)}$	Automatic
24	Green leaf index	$\frac{24-6-2}{24+6+2}$	Automatic
25	Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index	$\frac{8-5}{8+5}$	Automatic
26	Green Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{8-4}{8+4+Y}$	Automatic
27	Green Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{8-4}{8+4+L}\left(1+L\right)$	Automatic
28	Green-Blue NDVI	$\frac{8-\left(4+2\right)}{8+\left(4+2\right)}$	Automatic
29	Green-Red NDVI	$\frac{8-\left(4+6\right)}{8+\left(4+6\right)}$	Automatic
30	Hue	$\arctan \left(\frac{26-4-2}{30.5}\left(4-2\right)\right)$	Automatic
31	Ideal vegetation index	$\frac{8-b}{a·6}$	Automatic
32	Infrared percentage vegetation index	$\frac{\frac{8}{8+6}}{2}\left(\left(\frac{6-4}{6+4}\right)+1\right)$	Automatic
33	Intensity	$\left(\frac{1}{30.5}\right)\left(6+4+2\right)$	Automatic
34	Log Ratio	$\log \left(\frac{8}{6}\right)$	Automatic
35	mCRIG	$\left(4^{\left(-1\right)}-5^{\left(-1\right)}\right)·8$	Automatic
36	mCRIRE	$\left(4^{\left(-1\right)}-6^{\left(-1\right)}\right)·8$	Automatic
37	Misra Green Vegetation Index	$-0.3865-0.5306+0.5357+0.5328$	Automatic
38	Misra Non Such Index	$0.4045-0.0396-0.5057+0.7628$	Automatic
39	Misra Soil Brightness Index	$0.4065+0.6006+0.6457+0.2438$	Automatic
40	Misra Yellow Vegetation Index	$0.7235-0.5976+0.2067-0.2788$	Automatic
41	mND680	$\frac{7-6}{7+6-22}$	Automatic
42	Modified anthocyanin reflectance index	$\left(5^{\left(-1\right)}-6^{\left(-1\right)}\right)·8$	Automatic
43	Modified NDVI	$\frac{7-6}{7+6-22}$	Automatic
44	Modified Simple Ratio	$\frac{7-2}{6-2}$	Automatic
45	Modified Simple Ratio 670,800	$\frac{\frac{7}{6}-1}{\sqrt{\frac{7}{6}+1}}$	Automatic
46	Modified Simple Ratio NIR/RED	$\frac{\left(\frac{8}{6}\right)-1}{\sqrt{\left(\frac{8}{6}\right)+1}}$	Automatic
47	Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{28+1-\sqrt{{\left(28+1\right)}^2-8\left(8-6\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
48	Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index hyper	$\left(0.5\right)\left(\left(27+1\right)-\sqrt{{\left(27+1\right)}^2-8\left(7-6\right)}\right)$	Automatic
49	Nonlinear vegetation index	$\frac{8^2-6}{8^2+6}$	Automatic
50	Norm G	$\frac{4}{8+6+4}$	Automatic
51	Norm NIR	$\frac{8}{8+6+4}$	Automatic
52	Norm R	$\frac{6}{8+6+4}$	Automatic
53	Normalized Difference 528/587	$\frac{4-5}{4+5}$	Automatic
54	Normalized Difference 680/430	$\frac{6-1}{6+1}$	Automatic
55	Normalized Difference 774/677	$\frac{7-6}{7+6}$	Automatic
56	Normalized Difference 790/670	$\frac{7-6}{7+6}$	Automatic
57	Normalized Difference 800/500	$\frac{7-3}{7+3}$	Automatic
58	Normalized Difference 800/675	$\frac{7-6}{7+6}$	Automatic
59	Normalized Difference 800/680	$\frac{7-6}{7+6}$	Automatic
60	Normalized Difference 895/675	$\frac{8-6}{8+6}$	Automatic
61	Normalized Difference 900/680	$\frac{8-6}{8+6}$	Automatic
62	Normalized Difference Green/Red	$\frac{4-6}{4+6}$	Automatic
63	Normalized Difference NIR/Blue	$\frac{8-2}{8+2}$	Automatic
64	Normalized Difference NIR/Green	$\frac{8-4}{8+4}$	Automatic
65	Normalized Difference NIR/Red	$\frac{7-6}{7+6}$	Automatic
66	Normalized Difference NIR/Rededge	$\frac{8-6}{8+6}$	Automatic
67	Normalized Difference Red/Green	$\frac{6-4}{6+4}$	Automatic
68	Normalized Difference Vegetation Index 690-710	$\frac{8-6}{8+6}$	Automatic
69	Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\left(1+0.16\right)\frac{7-6}{7+6+0.16}$	Automatic
70	Pan NDVI	$\frac{8-\left(4+6+2\right)}{8+\left(4+6+2\right)}$	Automatic
71	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A3	$\frac{\frac{6}{7}}{\frac{\mathrm{r670}}{\mathrm{r800}}}$	Automatic
72	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A4	$\frac{\frac{6}{7}}{\frac{\mathrm{r680}}{\mathrm{r800}}}$	Automatic
73	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra C3	$\frac{\frac{7}{3}}{\frac{\mathrm{r800}}{\mathrm{r500}}}$	Automatic
74	RDVI	$\frac{7-6}{{\left(7+6\right)}^{0.5}}$	Automatic
75	Red-Blue NDVI	$\frac{8-\left(6+2\right)}{8+\left(6+2\right)}$	Automatic
76	Reflectance at the inflexion point	$\frac{6+7}{2}$	Automatic
77	Renormalized Difference Vegetation Index	$\frac{7-6}{\sqrt{7+6}}$	Automatic
78	Shape Index	$\frac{26-4-2}{4-2}$	Automatic
79	Simple Ratio 430/680	$\frac{1}{6}$	Automatic
80	Simple Ratio 450/690	$\frac{2}{6}$	Automatic
81	Simple Ratio 520/420	$\frac{4}{1}$	Automatic
82	Simple Ratio 520/670	$\frac{4}{6}$	Automatic
83	Simple Ratio 675/555	$\frac{6}{5}$	Automatic
84	Simple Ratio 683/510	$\frac{6}{3}$	Automatic
85	Simple Ratio 774/677	$\frac{7}{6}$	Automatic
86	Simple Ratio 800/500	$\frac{7}{3}$	Automatic
87	Simple Ratio 800/670	$\frac{7}{6}$	Automatic
88	Simple Ratio 800/675	$\frac{7}{6}$	Automatic
89	Simple Ratio 800/680	$\frac{7}{6}$	Automatic
90	Simple Ratio 801/670	$\frac{7}{6}$	Automatic
91	Simple Ratio 900/680	$\frac{8}{6}$	Automatic
92	Simple Ratio NIR/G	$\frac{8}{4}$	Automatic
93	Simple Ratio NIR/RED	$\frac{8}{6}$	Automatic
94	Simple Ratio NIR/Rededge	$\frac{8}{6}$	Automatic
95	Simple Ratio Pigment Index	$\frac{1}{6}$	Automatic
96	Simple Ratio Red/Blue	$\frac{6}{2}$	Automatic
97	Simple Ratio Red/Green	$\frac{6}{4}$	Automatic
98	Simple Ratio Red/NIR	$\frac{6}{8}$	Automatic
99	Single Band 430	$1$	Automatic
100	Single Band 460	$2$	Automatic
101	Single Band 495	$3$	Automatic
102	Single Band 555	$5$	Automatic
103	Single Band 670	$6$	Automatic
104	Single Band 675	$6$	Automatic
105	Single Band 680	$6$	Automatic
106	Single Band 801	$7$	Automatic
107	Single Band 885	$8$	Automatic
108	Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{7-6}{7+6+L}\left(1+L\right)$	Automatic
109	Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index	$\left(1+L\right)\frac{7-\left(\mathrm{Rr}-y\left(\mathrm{RB}-\mathrm{Rr}\right)\right)}{7+-\left(\mathrm{Rr}-y\left(\mathrm{RB}-\mathrm{Rr}\right)\right)+L}$	Automatic
110	Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 2	$2,5\frac{8-6}{1+8+66-7,52}$	Automatic
111	Soil Background Line	$8-2.46$	Automatic
112	Soil-adjusted vegetation index 2	$\frac{8}{6+\frac{b}{a}}$	Automatic
113	Spectral Polygon Vegetation Index	$0.4\left(3.7\left(7-6\right)-1.2\left|4-6\right|\right)$	Automatic
114	SQRT(IR/R)	$\sqrt{\frac{8}{6}}$	Automatic
115	Structure Intensive Pigment Index 1	$\frac{7-2}{7-6}$	Automatic
116	Structure Intensive Pigment Index 2	$\frac{7-3}{7-6}$	Automatic
117	Tasselled Cap - Green Vegetation Index MSS	$-0.2835-0.6606+0.5777+0.3888$	Automatic
118	Tasselled Cap - Non Such Index MSS	$-0.0165+0.1316-0.4257+0.8828$	Automatic
119	Tasselled Cap - Soil Brightness Index MSS	$0.3325+0.6036+0.6757+0.2628$	Automatic
120	Tasselled Cap - Yellow Vegetation Index MSS	$-0.8995+0.4286+0.0767-0.0418$	Automatic
121	Transformed NDVI	$\sqrt{\frac{8-6}{8+6}+0.5}$	Automatic
122	Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{B\left(8-B·6-A\right)}{6+B\left(8-A\right)+X\left(1+B^2\right)}$	Automatic
123	Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index 2	$\frac{a·8-a·6-b}{6+a·8-a·b}$	Automatic
124	Transformed Vegetation Index	$\sqrt{\left(\left(\frac{6-4}{6+4}\right)\right)+0,5}$	Automatic
125	Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index Green	$\frac{5-6}{5+6-2}$	Automatic
126	Weighted Difference Vegetation Index	$8-a·6$	Automatic
127	Wide Dynamic Range Vegetation Index	$\frac{0.18-6}{0.18+6}$	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

References

Nr.	Author/Title	Year	Comment
1	Aplin, P. - On scales and dynamics in observing the environment	2006
2	Gitelson, Anatoly A.; Kaufman, Yoram J.; Merzlyak, Mark N. - Use of a green channel in remote sensing of global vegetation from EOS-MODIS	1996
3	Gitelson, Anatoly A.; Merzlyak, Mark N.; Zur, Y.; Stark, R.; Gritz, U. - Non-destructive and remote sensing techniques for estimation of vegetation status	2001
4	Zarco-Tejada P.J.; Sepulcre-Cantó, G. - REMOTE SENSING OF VEGETATION BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS FOR DETECTING STRESS CONDITION AND LAND COVER CHANGES	2007

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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

Difference 678/500

Difference 800/680

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

Log Ratio

mCRIG

mCRIRE

Misra Green Vegetation Index

Misra Non Such Index

Misra Soil Brightness Index

Misra Yellow Vegetation Index

mND680

Modified anthocyanin reflectance index

Modified NDVI

Modified Simple Ratio

Modified Simple Ratio 670,800

Modified Simple Ratio NIR/RED

Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index hyper

Nonlinear vegetation index

Norm G

Norm NIR

Norm R

Normalized Difference 528/587

Normalized Difference 680/430

Normalized Difference 774/677

Normalized Difference 790/670

Normalized Difference 800/500

Normalized Difference 800/675

Normalized Difference 800/680

Normalized Difference 895/675

Normalized Difference 900/680

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 C3

RDVI

Red-Blue NDVI

Reflectance at the inflexion point

Renormalized Difference Vegetation Index

Shape Index

Simple Ratio 430/680

Simple Ratio 450/690

Simple Ratio 520/420

Simple Ratio 520/670

Simple Ratio 675/555

Simple Ratio 683/510

Simple Ratio 774/677

Simple Ratio 800/500

Simple Ratio 800/670

Simple Ratio 800/675

Simple Ratio 800/680

Simple Ratio 801/670

Simple Ratio 900/680

Simple Ratio NIR/G

Simple Ratio NIR/RED

Simple Ratio NIR/Rededge

Simple Ratio Pigment Index

Simple Ratio Red/Blue

Simple Ratio Red/Green

Simple Ratio Red/NIR

Single Band 430

Single Band 460

Single Band 495

Single Band 555

Single Band 670

Single Band 675

Single Band 680

Single Band 801

Single Band 885

Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index

Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 2

Soil Background Line

Soil-adjusted vegetation index 2

Spectral Polygon Vegetation Index

SQRT(IR/R)

Structure Intensive Pigment Index 1

Structure Intensive Pigment Index 2

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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