Sensor: CZCS

CZCS

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Basic information

Name	CZCS
Full Name	Coastal Zone Colour Scanner
Bands	6
Spectrum [nm]	433-12500
Spat.Res. [m]	825-825
Inclination	0
Orbit Height	955
Orbit Type
Platform	American Nimbus-7
Operator
Date of Launch	1978-10-24
status
Comment
Usable for Indices	yes
Description

Bands/Channels

Nr.	Name	Start WL	Middle WL	End WL	Sp.Rg.	Spat. Res.	Comment
1		433	443	453	20	825	Visible blue for chlorophyll absorption
2		510	520	530	20	825	Visible green for chlorophyll correlation
3		540	550	560	20	825	Visible yellow for salinity
4		660	670	680	20	825	Visible orange / red for aerosol absorption
5		700	750	800	100	825	Very near infra-red for land and cloud detection
6		10500	11500	12500	2000	825	Infra-red for surface temperature

Indices

Nr.	Name	Specific Formula	Calculated	Comment
1	Anthocyanin reflectance index	$\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{5}$	Automatic
2	Ashburn Vegetation Index	$2.05-4$	Automatic
3	Blue-wide dynamic range vegetation index	$\frac{0.15-1}{0.15+1}$	Automatic
4	Chlorophyll Absorption Ratio Index	$\left(\frac{5}{4}\right)\frac{\sqrt{{\left(\frac{5-3}{150}·670+4+\left(3-\left(\frac{5-3}{150}·550\right)\right)\right)}^2}}{{\left(\frac{5-3}{{150}^2}+1\right)}^{0.5}}$	Automatic
5	Chlorophyll Absorption Ratio Index 2	$\left(\frac{\left|\left(\frac{5-3}{150}·4+4+3-\left(a·3\right)\right)\right|}{{\left(a^2+1\right)}^{0.5}}\right)\left(\frac{5}{4}\right)$	Automatic
6	Chlorophyll Green	${\left(\frac{5}{3}\right)}^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
7	Chlorophyll Index Green	$\frac{5}{2}-1$	Automatic
8	Coloration Index	$\frac{5-1}{5}$	Automatic
9	Corrected Transformed Vegetation Index	$\frac{\left(\frac{5-2}{5+2}\right)+0,5}{\left|\left(\frac{5-2}{5+2}\right)+0,5\right|}·\sqrt{\left|\left(\left(\frac{5-2}{5+2}\right)\right)+0,5\right|}$	Automatic
10	CRI550	$2^{\left(-1\right)}-3^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
11	CRI700	$2^{\left(-1\right)}-5^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
12	Datt4	$\frac{4}{3·5}$	Automatic
13	Difference 800/550	$5-3$	Automatic
14	Difference 800/680	$5-4$	Automatic
15	Difference NIR/Green	$5-2$	Automatic
16	Differenced Vegetation Index MSS	$2.45-4$	Automatic
17	EPI	$a\frac{4}{{\left(3·5\right)}^b}$	Automatic
18	Ferric iron, Fe3+	$\frac{4}{3}$	Automatic
19	Green leaf index	$\frac{22-5-1}{22+5+1}$	Automatic
20	Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index	$\frac{5-3}{5+3}$	Automatic
21	Green Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{5-2}{5+2+Y}$	Automatic
22	Green Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{5-2}{5+2+L}\left(1+L\right)$	Automatic
23	Green-Blue NDVI	$\frac{5-\left(2+1\right)}{5+\left(2+1\right)}$	Automatic
24	Hue	$\arctan \left(\frac{25-2-1}{30.5}\left(2-1\right)\right)$	Automatic
25	Intensity	$\left(\frac{1}{30.5}\right)\left(5+2+1\right)$	Automatic
26	Inverse reflectance 550	$3^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
27	Inverse reflectance 700	$5^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
28	Leaf Water Content Index	$\frac{\log \left(1-\left(5-\mathrm{MIDIR}\right)\right)}{-\log \left(1-\left(5-\mathrm{MIDIR}\right)\right)}$	Automatic
29	mCRIG	$\left(2^{\left(-1\right)}-3^{\left(-1\right)}\right)·5$	Automatic
30	mND680	$\frac{5-4}{5+4-21}$	Automatic
31	Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index	$\left(\left(5-4\right)-0.2\left(5-3\right)\right)\left(\frac{5}{4}\right)$	Automatic
32	Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index 1	$1.2\left(2.5\left(5-4\right)-1.3\left(5-3\right)\right)$	Automatic
33	Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index 2	$\left(1.5\frac{2.5\left(5-4\right)-1.3\left(5-3\right)}{\sqrt{{\left(25+1\right)}^2-\left(65-5\sqrt{4}\right)-0.5}}\right)$	Automatic
34	Modified NDVI	$\frac{5-4}{5+4-21}$	Automatic
35	Modified Simple Ratio	$\frac{5-1}{4-1}$	Automatic
36	Modified Simple Ratio 670,800	$\frac{\frac{5}{4}-1}{\sqrt{\frac{5}{4}+1}}$	Automatic
37	Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index hyper	$\left(0.5\right)\left(\left(25+1\right)-\sqrt{{\left(25+1\right)}^2-8\left(5-4\right)}\right)$	Automatic
38	Modified Triangular Vegetation Index 1	$1.2\left(1.2\left(5-3\right)-2.5\left(4-3\right)\right)$	Automatic
39	Modified Triangular Vegetation Index 2	$\left(1.5\frac{1.2\left(5-3\right)-2.5\left(4-3\right)}{\sqrt{{\left(25+1\right)}^2-\left(65-5\sqrt{4}\right)-0.5}}\right)$	Automatic
40	Normalized Difference 550/450	$\frac{3-1}{3+1}$	Automatic
41	Normalized Difference 550/530	$\frac{3-2}{3+2}$	Automatic
42	Normalized Difference 750/550	$\frac{5-3}{5+3}$	Automatic
43	Normalized Difference 750/660	$\frac{\mathrm{750–660}}{5+4}$	Automatic
44	Normalized Difference 750/680	$\frac{5-4}{5+4}$	Automatic
45	Normalized Difference 774/677	$\frac{5-4}{5+4}$	Automatic
46	Normalized Difference 780/550	$\frac{5-3}{5+3}$	Automatic
47	Normalized Difference 782/666	$\frac{5-4}{5+4}$	Automatic
48	Normalized Difference 790/670	$\frac{5-4}{5+4}$	Automatic
49	Normalized Difference 800/550	$\frac{5-3}{5+3}$	Automatic
50	Normalized Difference 800/675	$\frac{5-4}{5+4}$	Automatic
51	Normalized Difference 800/680	$\frac{5-4}{5+4}$	Automatic
52	Normalized Difference Green/Red	$\frac{2-5}{2+5}$	Automatic
53	Normalized Difference NIR/Blue	$\frac{5-1}{5+1}$	Automatic
54	Normalized Difference NIR/Green	$\frac{5-2}{5+2}$	Automatic
55	Normalized Difference NIR/Red	$\frac{5-4}{5+4}$	Automatic
56	Normalized Difference Red/Green	$\frac{5-2}{5+2}$	Automatic
57	Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\left(1+0.16\right)\frac{5-4}{5+4+0.16}$	Automatic
58	Perpendicular Vegetation Index	$\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{a^2+1}}\right)\left(5-\mathrm{ar}-b\right)$	Automatic
59	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A1	$\frac{\frac{4}{5}}{\frac{\mathrm{r675}}{\mathrm{r700}}}$	Automatic
60	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A2	$\frac{\frac{4}{5}}{\frac{\mathrm{r680}}{\mathrm{r700}}}$	Automatic
61	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A3	$\frac{\frac{4}{5}}{\frac{\mathrm{r670}}{\mathrm{r800}}}$	Automatic
62	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A4	$\frac{\frac{4}{5}}{\frac{\mathrm{r680}}{\mathrm{r800}}}$	Automatic
63	RDVI	$\frac{5-4}{{\left(5+4\right)}^{0.5}}$	Automatic
64	Red edge 1	$\frac{5}{4}$	Automatic
65	Red edge 2	$\frac{5-4}{5+4}$	Automatic
66	Reflectance at the inflexion point	$\frac{4+5}{2}$	Automatic
67	Renormalized Difference Vegetation Index	$\frac{5-4}{\sqrt{5+4}}$	Automatic
68	Shape Index	$\frac{25-2-1}{2-1}$	Automatic
69	Simple Ratio 440/740	$\frac{1}{5}$	Automatic
70	Simple Ratio 450/550	$\frac{1}{3}$	Automatic
71	Simple Ratio 520/670	$\frac{2}{4}$	Automatic
72	Simple Ratio 520/760	$\frac{2}{5}$	Automatic
73	Simple Ratio 542/750	$\frac{3}{5}$	Automatic
74	Simple Ratio 550/670	$\frac{3}{4}$	Automatic
75	Simple Ratio 550/680	$\frac{3}{4}$	Automatic
76	Simple Ratio 550/760	$\frac{3}{5}$	Automatic
77	Simple Ratio 550/800	$\frac{3}{5}$	Automatic
78	Simple Ratio 554/677	$\frac{3}{4}$	Automatic
79	Simple Ratio 556/750	$\frac{3}{5}$	Automatic
80	Simple Ratio 672/550	$\frac{4}{3}$	Automatic
81	Simple Ratio 672/708	$\frac{4}{5}$	Automatic
82	Simple Ratio 674/553	$\frac{4}{3}$	Automatic
83	Simple Ratio 675/555	$\frac{4}{3}$	Automatic
84	Simple Ratio 675/700	$\frac{4}{5}$	Automatic
85	Simple Ratio 675/705	$\frac{4}{5}$	Automatic
86	Simple Ratio 678/750	$\frac{4}{5}$	Automatic
87	Simple Ratio 700	$\frac{1}{5}$	Automatic
88	Simple Ratio 700/670	$\frac{5}{4}$	Automatic
89	Simple Ratio 710/670	$\frac{5}{4}$	Automatic
90	Simple Ratio 750/550	$\frac{5}{3}$	Automatic
91	Simple Ratio 750/555	$\frac{5}{3}$	Automatic
92	Simple Ratio 774/677	$\frac{5}{4}$	Automatic
93	Simple Ratio 800/550	$\frac{5}{3}$	Automatic
94	Simple Ratio 800/670	$\frac{5}{4}$	Automatic
95	Simple Ratio 800/675	$\frac{5}{4}$	Automatic
96	Simple Ratio 800/680	$\frac{5}{4}$	Automatic
97	Simple Ratio NIR/G	$\frac{5}{2}$	Automatic
98	Simple Ratio Red/Blue	$\frac{5}{1}$	Automatic
99	Simple Ratio Red/Green	$\frac{5}{2}$	Automatic
100	Simple Ratio SWIRI/NIR	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRI}}{5}$	Automatic
101	Single Band 550	$3$	Automatic
102	Single Band 555	$3$	Automatic
103	Single Band 660	$4$	Automatic
104	Single Band 670	$4$	Automatic
105	Single Band 675	$4$	Automatic
106	Single Band 680	$4$	Automatic
107	Single Band 700	$5$	Automatic
108	Single Band 703	$5$	Automatic
109	Single Band 705	$5$	Automatic
110	Single Band 720	$5$	Automatic
111	Single Band 735	$5$	Automatic
112	Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{5-4}{5+4+L}\left(1+L\right)$	Automatic
113	Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index	$\left(1+L\right)\frac{5-\left(\mathrm{Rr}-y\left(\mathrm{RB}-\mathrm{Rr}\right)\right)}{5+-\left(\mathrm{Rr}-y\left(\mathrm{RB}-\mathrm{Rr}\right)\right)+L}$	Automatic
114	Soil Background Line	$5-2.44$	Automatic
115	Spectral Polygon Vegetation Index	$0.4\left(3.7\left(5-4\right)-1.2\left|2-4\right|\right)$	Automatic
116	Structure Intensive Pigment Index 1	$\frac{5-1}{5-4}$	Automatic
117	Transformed Chlorophyll Absorbtion Ratio	$3\left(\left(5-4\right)-0.2\left(5-3\right)\left(\frac{5}{4}\right)\right)$	Automatic
118	Transformed Vegetation Index	$\sqrt{\left(\left(\frac{5-2}{5+2}\right)\right)+0,5}$	Automatic
119	Triangular chlorophyll index	$1.2\left(5-3\right)-1.5\left(4-3\right)·\sqrt{\frac{5}{4}}$	Automatic
120	Triangular Vegetation Index	$0.5\left(120\left(5-3\right)-200\left(4-3\right)\right)$	Automatic
121	Vegetation Index 700	$\frac{5-4}{5+4}$	Automatic
122	Visible Atmospherically Resistant Indices RedEdge	$\frac{5-4}{5+4}$	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

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Visualisation of Indices

Sensor:

Indices:

Anthocyanin reflectance index

Ashburn Vegetation Index

Blue-wide dynamic range vegetation index

Chlorophyll Absorption Ratio Index

Chlorophyll Absorption Ratio Index 2

Chlorophyll Green

Chlorophyll Index Green

Coloration Index

Corrected Transformed Vegetation Index

CRI550

CRI700

Datt4

Difference 800/550

Difference 800/680

Difference NIR/Green

Differenced Vegetation Index MSS

EPI

Ferric iron, Fe3+

Green leaf index

Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

Green Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Green Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Green-Blue NDVI

Hue

Intensity

Inverse reflectance 550

Inverse reflectance 700

Leaf Water Content Index

mCRIG

mND680

Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index

Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index 1

Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index 2

Modified NDVI

Modified Simple Ratio

Modified Simple Ratio 670,800

Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index hyper

Modified Triangular Vegetation Index 1

Modified Triangular Vegetation Index 2

Normalized Difference 550/450

Normalized Difference 550/530

Normalized Difference 750/550

Normalized Difference 750/660

Normalized Difference 750/680

Normalized Difference 774/677

Normalized Difference 780/550

Normalized Difference 782/666

Normalized Difference 790/670

Normalized Difference 800/550

Normalized Difference 800/675

Normalized Difference 800/680

Normalized Difference Green/Red

Normalized Difference NIR/Blue

Normalized Difference NIR/Green

Normalized Difference NIR/Red

Normalized Difference Red/Green

Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Perpendicular Vegetation Index

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A1

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A2

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A3

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A4

RDVI

Red edge 1

Red edge 2

Reflectance at the inflexion point

Renormalized Difference Vegetation Index

Shape Index

Simple Ratio 440/740

Simple Ratio 450/550

Simple Ratio 520/670

Simple Ratio 520/760

Simple Ratio 542/750

Simple Ratio 550/670

Simple Ratio 550/680

Simple Ratio 550/760

Simple Ratio 550/800

Simple Ratio 554/677

Simple Ratio 556/750

Simple Ratio 672/550

Simple Ratio 672/708

Simple Ratio 674/553

Simple Ratio 675/555

Simple Ratio 675/700

Simple Ratio 675/705

Simple Ratio 678/750

Simple Ratio 700

Simple Ratio 700/670

Simple Ratio 710/670

Simple Ratio 750/550

Simple Ratio 750/555

Simple Ratio 774/677

Simple Ratio 800/550

Simple Ratio 800/670

Simple Ratio 800/675

Simple Ratio 800/680

Simple Ratio NIR/G

Simple Ratio Red/Blue

Simple Ratio Red/Green

Simple Ratio SWIRI/NIR

Single Band 550

Single Band 555

Single Band 660

Single Band 670

Single Band 675

Single Band 680

Single Band 700

Single Band 703

Single Band 705

Single Band 720

Single Band 735

Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index

Soil Background Line

Spectral Polygon Vegetation Index

Structure Intensive Pigment Index 1

Transformed Chlorophyll Absorbtion Ratio

Transformed Vegetation Index

Triangular chlorophyll index

Triangular Vegetation Index

Vegetation Index 700

Visible Atmospherically Resistant Indices RedEdge

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