Sensor: LandsatETM+ (Landsat7)

LandsatETM+ (Landsat7)

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Basic information

Name	LandsatETM+ (Landsat7)
Full Name	Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
Bands	8
Spectrum [nm]	450-12500
Spat.Res. [m]	15-60
Inclination	98.2
Orbit Height	705
Orbit Type	polar, sun-synchronous
Platform	Landsat
Operator	NASA / USGS
Date of Launch	1999-04-15
status	operational, but since 2003-05-31 the Scan Lien Corrector failed, as a result one-forth of the data is missing
Comment
Usable for Indices	yes
Description

Bands/Channels

Nr.	Name	Start WL	Middle WL	End WL	Sp.Rg.	Spat. Res.	Comment
1	Blue	450	485	520	70	30
2	Green	530	570	610	80	30
3	Red	630	660	690	60	30
4	NIR	780	840	900	120	30
5	SWIRI	1550	1650	1750	200	30
6	Thermal	10400	11450	12500	2100	60
7	SWIRII	2090	2220	2350	260	30
8	Panchromatic	520	710	900	380	15

Indices

Nr.	Name	Specific Formula	Calculated	Comment
1	Adjusted transformed soil-adjusted VI	$1.22\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-1.22\mathrm{Red}-0.03}{1.22\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}-1.22·0.03+0.08\left(1+{1.22}^2\right)}$	Automatic
2	Aerosol free vegetation index 1600	$\left(\mathrm{NIR}-0.66\frac{\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{NIR}+0.66\mathrm{SWIRI}}\right)$	Automatic
3	Aerosol free vegetation index 2100	$\left(\mathrm{NIR}-0.5\frac{\mathrm{SWIRII}}{\mathrm{NIR}+0.56\mathrm{SWIRII}}\right)$	Automatic
4	Alteration	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{SWIRII}}$	Automatic
5	Ashburn Vegetation Index	$2.0\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}$	Automatic
6	Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}-y\left(\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Blue}\right)}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}-y\left(\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Blue}\right)}$	Automatic
7	Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 2	$-0.18+1.17\left(\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}\right)$	Automatic
8	Blue-wide dynamic range vegetation index	$\frac{0.1\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Blue}}{0.1\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Blue}}$	Automatic
9	Canopy Chlorophyll Content Index	$\frac{\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}}{\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}}$	Automatic
10	Chlorophyll Green	${\left(\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Green}}\right)}^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
11	Chlorophyll Index Green	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Green}}-1$	Automatic
12	Chlorophyll IndexRedEdge	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}-1$	Automatic
13	Chlorophyll Red-Edge	${\left(\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}\right)}^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
14	Chlorophyll vegetation index	$\mathrm{NIR}\frac{\mathrm{Red}}{{\mathrm{Green}}^2}$	Automatic
15	Coloration Index	$\frac{\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Blue}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
16	Corrected Transformed Vegetation Index	$\frac{\left(\frac{\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{Green}}\right)+0,5}{\left|\left(\frac{\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{Green}}\right)+0,5\right|}·\sqrt{\left|\left(\left(\frac{\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{Green}}\right)\right)+0,5\right|}$	Automatic
17	CRI550	${\mathrm{Blue}}^{\left(-1\right)}-{\mathrm{Green}}^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
18	Difference 678/500	$\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Blue}$	Automatic
19	Difference 800/550	$\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Green}$	Automatic
20	Difference 800/680	$\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}$	Automatic
21	Difference 833/658	$\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}$	Automatic
22	Difference NIR/Green	$\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Green}$	Automatic
23	Differenced Vegetation Index MSS	$2.4\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}$	Automatic
24	Disease water stress index	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{SWIRI}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
25	Disease-Water Stress Index 5	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{SWIRI}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
26	Enhanced Vegetation Index	$2.5\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\left(\mathrm{NIR}+6\mathrm{Red}-7.5\mathrm{Blue}\right)+1}$	Automatic
27	Enhanced Vegetation Index 2	$2.4\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}+1}$	Automatic
28	Enhanced Vegetation Index 2	$2.5\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+2.4\mathrm{Red}+1}$	Automatic
29	Ferric iron, Fe2+	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRII}}{\mathrm{NIR}}+\frac{\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
30	Ferric iron, Fe3+	$\frac{\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
31	Ferric Oxides	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{NIR}}$	Automatic
32	Ferrous iron	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRII}}{\mathrm{NIR}}+\frac{\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
33	Ferrous Silicates	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRII}}{\mathrm{SWIRI}}$	Automatic
34	Global Environment Monitoring Index	$\left(\frac{2\left({\mathrm{NIR}}^2-{\mathrm{Red}}^2\right)+1.5\mathrm{NIR}+0.5\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}+0.5}\left(1-0.25\frac{2\left({\mathrm{NIR}}^2-{\mathrm{Red}}^2\right)+1.5\mathrm{NIR}+0.5\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}+0.5}\right)-\frac{\mathrm{Red}-0.125}{1-\mathrm{Red}}\right)$	Automatic
35	Global Vegetation Moisture Index	$\frac{\left(\mathrm{NIR}+0.1\right)-\left(\mathrm{SWIRII}+0.02\right)}{\left(\mathrm{NIR}+0.1\right)+\left(\mathrm{SWIRII}+0.02\right)}$	Automatic
36	Gossan	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
37	Green atmospherically resistant vegetation index	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\left(\mathrm{Green}-\left(\mathrm{Blue}-\mathrm{Red}\right)\right)}{\mathrm{NIR}-\left(\mathrm{Green}+\left(\mathrm{Blue}-\mathrm{Red}\right)\right)}$	Automatic
38	Green leaf index	$\frac{2\mathrm{Green}-\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Blue}}{2\mathrm{Green}+\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{Blue}}$	Automatic
39	Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
40	Green Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Green}+Y}$	Automatic
41	Green Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Green}+L}\left(1+L\right)$	Automatic
42	Green-Blue NDVI	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\left(\mathrm{Green}+\mathrm{Blue}\right)}{\mathrm{NIR}+\left(\mathrm{Green}+\mathrm{Blue}\right)}$	Automatic
43	Green-Red NDVI	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\left(\mathrm{Green}+\mathrm{Red}\right)}{\mathrm{NIR}+\left(\mathrm{Green}+\mathrm{Red}\right)}$	Automatic
44	Hue	$\arctan \left(\frac{2\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Green}-\mathrm{Blue}}{30.5}\left(\mathrm{Green}-\mathrm{Blue}\right)\right)$	Automatic
45	Ideal vegetation index	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-b}{a·\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
46	Infrared percentage vegetation index	$\frac{\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}}{2}\left(\left(\frac{\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{Green}}\right)+1\right)$	Automatic
47	Intensity	$\left(\frac{1}{30.5}\right)\left(\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{Green}+\mathrm{Blue}\right)$	Automatic
48	Inverse reflectance 550	${\mathrm{Green}}^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
49	Laterite	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{SWIRII}}$	Automatic
50	Leaf Water Content Index	$\frac{\log \left(1-\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{MIDIR}\right)\right)}{-\log \left(1-\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{MIDIR}\right)\right)}$	Automatic
51	Log Ratio	$\log \left(\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}\right)$	Automatic
52	mCRIG	$\left({\mathrm{Blue}}^{\left(-1\right)}-{\mathrm{Green}}^{\left(-1\right)}\right)·\mathrm{NIR}$	Automatic
53	mCRIRE	$\left({\mathrm{Blue}}^{\left(-1\right)}-{\mathrm{Red}}^{\left(-1\right)}\right)·\mathrm{NIR}$	Automatic
54	Mid-infrared vegetation index	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{SWIRI}}$	Automatic
55	Modified anthocyanin reflectance index	$\left({\mathrm{Green}}^{\left(-1\right)}-{\mathrm{Red}}^{\left(-1\right)}\right)·\mathrm{NIR}$	Automatic
56	Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index 1	$1.2\left(2.5\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}\right)-1.3\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Green}\right)\right)$	Automatic
57	Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index 2	$\left(1.5\frac{2.5\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}\right)-1.3\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Green}\right)}{\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR}+1\right)}^2-\left(6\mathrm{NIR}-5\sqrt{\mathrm{Red}}\right)-0.5}}\right)$	Automatic
58	Modified Simple Ratio 670,800	$\frac{\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}-1}{\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}+1}}$	Automatic
59	Modified Simple Ratio NIR/RED	$\frac{\left(\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}\right)-1}{\sqrt{\left(\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}\right)+1}}$	Automatic
60	Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{2\mathrm{NIR}+1-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
61	Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index hyper	$\left(0.5\right)\left(\left(2\mathrm{NIR}+1\right)-\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR}+1\right)}^2-8\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}\right)}\right)$	Automatic
62	Modified Triangular Vegetation Index 1	$1.2\left(1.2\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Green}\right)-2.5\left(\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Green}\right)\right)$	Automatic
63	Modified Triangular Vegetation Index 2	$\left(1.5\frac{1.2\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Green}\right)-2.5\left(\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Green}\right)}{\sqrt{{\left(2\mathrm{NIR}+1\right)}^2-\left(6\mathrm{NIR}-5\sqrt{\mathrm{Red}}\right)-0.5}}\right)$	Automatic
64	Nonlinear vegetation index	$\frac{{\mathrm{NIR}}^2-\mathrm{Red}}{{\mathrm{NIR}}^2+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
65	Norm G	$\frac{\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
66	Norm NIR	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
67	Norm R	$\frac{\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
68	Normalized Difference 550/450	$\frac{\mathrm{Green}-\mathrm{Blue}}{\mathrm{Green}+\mathrm{Blue}}$	Automatic
69	Normalized Difference 550/650	$\frac{\mathrm{Green}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{Green}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
70	Normalized Difference 682/553	$\frac{\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
71	Normalized Difference 780/550	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
72	Normalized Difference 782/666	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
73	Normalized Difference 790/670	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
74	Normalized Difference 800/1675	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{SWIRI}}$	Automatic
75	Normalized Difference 800/2170	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{SWIRII}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{SWIRII}}$	Automatic
76	Normalized Difference 800/470	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Blue}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Blue}}$	Automatic
77	Normalized Difference 800/500	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Blue}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Blue}}$	Automatic
78	Normalized Difference 800/550	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
79	Normalized Difference 800/635	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
80	Normalized Difference 800/650	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
81	Normalized Difference 800/675	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
82	Normalized Difference 800/680	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
83	Normalized Difference 819/1600	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{SWIRI}}$	Automatic
84	Normalized Difference 819/1649	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{SWIRI}}$	Automatic
85	Normalized Difference 820/1600	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{SWIRI}}$	Automatic
86	Normalized Difference 827/668	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
87	Normalized Difference 833/1649	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{SWIRI}}$	Automatic
88	Normalized Difference 833/658	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
89	Normalized Difference 860/1640	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{SWIRI}}$	Automatic
90	Normalized Difference 895/675	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
91	Normalized Difference 900/680	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
92	Normalized Difference Green/Red	$\frac{\mathrm{Green}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{Green}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
93	Normalized Difference MIR/NIR	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRII}-\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{SWIRII}+\mathrm{NIR}}$	Automatic
94	Normalized Difference NIR/Blue	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Blue}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Blue}}$	Automatic
95	Normalized Difference NIR/Green	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
96	Normalized Difference NIR/MIR	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{SWIRII}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{SWIRII}}$	Automatic
97	Normalized Difference NIR/Red	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
98	Normalized Difference NIR/Rededge	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
99	Normalized Difference NIR/SWIR	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{SWIRII}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{SWIRII}}$	Automatic
100	Normalized Difference Red/Green	$\frac{\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
101	Normalized Difference Salinity Index	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRI}-\mathrm{SWIRII}}{\mathrm{SWIRI}+\mathrm{SWIRII}}$	Automatic
102	Normalized Difference Vegetation Index 690-710	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
103	Normalized Difference Vegetation Index C	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}\left(1-\frac{\mathrm{SWIRII}-\mathrm{SWIIRmin}}{\mathrm{SWIRmax}-\mathrm{SWIRmin}}\right)$	Automatic
104	Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\left(1+0.16\right)\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}+0.16}$	Automatic
105	Pan NDVI	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\left(\mathrm{Green}+\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{Blue}\right)}{\mathrm{NIR}+\left(\mathrm{Green}+\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{Blue}\right)}$	Automatic
106	Perpendicular Vegetation Index	$\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{a^2+1}}\right)\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{ar}-b\right)$	Automatic
107	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A3	$\frac{\frac{\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}}}{\frac{\mathrm{r670}}{\mathrm{r800}}}$	Automatic
108	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A4	$\frac{\frac{\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}}}{\frac{\mathrm{r680}}{\mathrm{r800}}}$	Automatic
109	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra C3	$\frac{\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Blue}}}{\frac{\mathrm{r800}}{\mathrm{r500}}}$	Automatic
110	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra C4	$\frac{\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Blue}}}{\frac{\mathrm{r800}}{\mathrm{r470}}}$	Automatic
111	RDVI	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{{\left(\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}\right)}^{0.5}}$	Automatic
112	RDVI2	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\sqrt{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}}$	Automatic
113	Red-Blue NDVI	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\left(\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{Blue}\right)}{\mathrm{NIR}+\left(\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{Blue}\right)}$	Automatic
114	Reduced Simple Ratio	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}·\mathrm{MIRmax}-\frac{\mathrm{SWIRII}}{\mathrm{MIRmax}}-\mathrm{MIRmin}$	Automatic
115	Reflectance at the inflexion point	$\frac{\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{NIR}}{2}$	Automatic
116	Renormalized Difference Vegetation Index	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\sqrt{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}}$	Automatic
117	SAVImir	$\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{SWIRII}\right)\frac{1+L}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{SWIRII}+L}$	Automatic
118	Shape Index	$\frac{2\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Green}-\mathrm{Blue}}{\mathrm{Green}-\mathrm{Blue}}$	Automatic
119	Simple Ratio 1599/819	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{NIR}}$	Automatic
120	Simple Ratio 1600/820	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{NIR}}$	Automatic
121	Simple Ratio 1650/2218	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{SWIRII}}$	Automatic
122	Simple Ratio 1660/550	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
123	Simple Ratio 1660/680	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
124	Simple Ratio 450/550	$\frac{\mathrm{Blue}}{\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
125	Simple Ratio 450/690	$\frac{\mathrm{Blue}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
126	Simple Ratio 520/670	$\frac{\mathrm{Blue}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
127	Simple Ratio 550/670	$\frac{\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
128	Simple Ratio 550/680	$\frac{\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
129	Simple Ratio 550/800	$\frac{\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{NIR}}$	Automatic
130	Simple Ratio 554/677	$\frac{\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
131	Simple Ratio 560/658	$\frac{\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
132	Simple Ratio 605/670	$\frac{\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
133	Simple Ratio 672/550	$\frac{\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
134	Simple Ratio 674/553	$\frac{\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
135	Simple Ratio 675/555	$\frac{\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
136	Simple Ratio 683/510	$\frac{\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{Blue}}$	Automatic
137	Simple Ratio 800/1660	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{SWIRI}}$	Automatic
138	Simple Ratio 800/1675	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{SWIRI}}$	Automatic
139	Simple Ratio 800/2170	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{SWIRII}}$	Automatic
140	Simple Ratio 800/470	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Blue}}$	Automatic
141	Simple Ratio 800/500	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Blue}}$	Automatic
142	Simple Ratio 800/550	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
143	Simple Ratio 800/600	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
144	Simple Ratio 800/635	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
145	Simple Ratio 800/650	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
146	Simple Ratio 800/670	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
147	Simple Ratio 800/675	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
148	Simple Ratio 800/680	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
149	Simple Ratio 801/550	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
150	Simple Ratio 801/670	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
151	Simple Ratio 810/560	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
152	Simple Ratio 833/1649	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{SWIRI}}$	Automatic
153	Simple Ratio 833/658	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
154	Simple Ratio 860/550	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
155	Simple Ratio 900/680	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
156	Simple Ratio MIR/NIR	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRII}}{\mathrm{NIR}}$	Automatic
157	Simple Ratio MIR/Red	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRII}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
158	Simple Ratio MIR/SWIR	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRII}}{\mathrm{SWIRII}}$	Automatic
159	Simple Ratio NIR/G	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
160	Simple Ratio NIR/MIR	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{SWIRII}}$	Automatic
161	Simple Ratio NIR/RED	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
162	Simple Ratio NIR/Rededge	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
163	Simple Ratio Red/Blue	$\frac{\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{Blue}}$	Automatic
164	Simple Ratio Red/Green	$\frac{\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{Green}}$	Automatic
165	Simple Ratio Red/NIR	$\frac{\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}}$	Automatic
166	Simple Ratio SWIRI/NIR	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRI}}{\mathrm{NIR}}$	Automatic
167	Single Band 1580	$\mathrm{SWIRI}$	Automatic
168	Single Band 1690	$\mathrm{SWIRI}$	Automatic
169	Single Band 2100	$\mathrm{SWIRII}$	Automatic
170	Single Band 2130	$\mathrm{SWIRII}$	Automatic
171	Single Band 2180	$\mathrm{SWIRII}$	Automatic
172	Single Band 2218	$\mathrm{SWIRII}$	Automatic
173	Single Band 2240	$\mathrm{SWIRII}$	Automatic
174	Single Band 2250	$\mathrm{SWIRII}$	Automatic
175	Single Band 2270	$\mathrm{SWIRII}$	Automatic
176	Single Band 2280	$\mathrm{SWIRII}$	Automatic
177	Single Band 2300	$\mathrm{SWIRII}$	Automatic
178	Single Band 2310	$\mathrm{SWIRII}$	Automatic
179	Single Band 2320	$\mathrm{SWIRII}$	Automatic
180	Single Band 2340	$\mathrm{SWIRII}$	Automatic
181	Single Band 2350	$\mathrm{SWIRII}$	Automatic
182	Single Band 460	$\mathrm{Blue}$	Automatic
183	Single Band 470	$\mathrm{Blue}$	Automatic
184	Single Band 495	$\mathrm{Blue}$	Automatic
185	Single Band 550	$\mathrm{Green}$	Automatic
186	Single Band 555	$\mathrm{Green}$	Automatic
187	Single Band 635	$\mathrm{Red}$	Automatic
188	Single Band 640	$\mathrm{Red}$	Automatic
189	Single Band 655	$\mathrm{Red}$	Automatic
190	Single Band 660	$\mathrm{Red}$	Automatic
191	Single Band 670	$\mathrm{Red}$	Automatic
192	Single Band 675	$\mathrm{Red}$	Automatic
193	Single Band 680	$\mathrm{Red}$	Automatic
194	Single Band 801	$\mathrm{NIR}$	Automatic
195	Single Band 850	$\mathrm{NIR}$	Automatic
196	Single Band 885	$\mathrm{NIR}$	Automatic
197	Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}+L}\left(1+L\right)$	Automatic
198	Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index	$\left(1+L\right)\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\left(\mathrm{Rr}-y\left(\mathrm{RB}-\mathrm{Rr}\right)\right)}{\mathrm{NIR}+-\left(\mathrm{Rr}-y\left(\mathrm{RB}-\mathrm{Rr}\right)\right)+L}$	Automatic
199	Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 2	$2,5\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{1+\mathrm{NIR}+6\mathrm{Red}-7,5\mathrm{Blue}}$	Automatic
200	Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 3	$\left(1+0,5\right)\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}+0,5}$	Automatic
201	Soil Background Line	$\mathrm{NIR}-2.4\mathrm{Red}$	Automatic
202	Soil Composition Index	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRI}-\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{SWIRI}+\mathrm{NIR}}$	Automatic
203	Soil-adjusted vegetation index 2	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}+\frac{b}{a}}$	Automatic
204	Specific Leaf Area Vegetation Index	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{SWIRII}}$	Automatic
205	Spectral Polygon Vegetation Index	$0.4\left(3.7\left(\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}\right)-1.2\left|\mathrm{Green}-\mathrm{Red}\right|\right)$	Automatic
206	SQRT(IR/R)	$\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{NIR}}{\mathrm{Red}}}$	Automatic
207	Structure Intensive Pigment Index 2	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Blue}}{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
208	Structure Intensive Pigment Index 3	$\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Blue}}{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic
209	Tasselled Cap - brightness	$0.3037\mathrm{Blue}+0.2793\mathrm{Green}+0.4743\mathrm{Red}+0.5585\mathrm{NIR}+0.5082\mathrm{SWIRI}+0.1863\mathrm{SWIRII}$	Automatic
210	Tasselled Cap - vegetation	$-0.2848\mathrm{Blue}-0.2435\mathrm{Green}-0.5436\mathrm{Red}+0.7243\mathrm{NIR}+0.0840\mathrm{SWIRI}-0.1800\mathrm{SWIRII}$	Automatic
211	Tasselled Cap - wetness	$0.1509\mathrm{Blue}+0.1973\mathrm{Green}+0.3279\mathrm{Red}+0.3406\mathrm{NIR}-0.7112\mathrm{SWIRI}-0.4572\mathrm{SWIRII}$	Automatic
212	Transformed NDVI	$\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}+0.5}$	Automatic
213	Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{B\left(\mathrm{NIR}-B·\mathrm{Red}-A\right)}{\mathrm{Red}+B\left(\mathrm{NIR}-A\right)+X\left(1+B^2\right)}$	Automatic
214	Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index 2	$\frac{a·\mathrm{NIR}-a·\mathrm{Red}-b}{\mathrm{Red}+a·\mathrm{NIR}-a·b}$	Automatic
215	Transformed Vegetation Index	$\sqrt{\left(\left(\frac{\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Green}}{\mathrm{Red}+\mathrm{Green}}\right)\right)+0,5}$	Automatic
216	Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index Green	$\frac{\mathrm{Green}-\mathrm{Red}}{\mathrm{Green}+\mathrm{Red}-\mathrm{Blue}}$	Automatic
217	Weighted Difference Vegetation Index	$\mathrm{NIR}-a·\mathrm{Red}$	Automatic
218	Wide Dynamic Range Vegetation Index	$\frac{0.1\mathrm{NIR}-\mathrm{Red}}{0.1\mathrm{NIR}+\mathrm{Red}}$	Automatic

Applications

Nr.	Name
1	Agriculture
2	Agriculture - Crop parameters
3	Agriculture - Crop yield
4	Agriculture - Land management
5	Agriculture - Precision Crop Management
6	Fire
7	Forestry
8	Forestry - Boreal
9	Geology
10	Geology - Rock
11	Hyperspectral remote sensing - Red-edge position
12	Metal
13	Metal - Heavy metal contamination
14	Metal - Iron
15	Oil
16	Soil
17	Vegetation
18	Vegetation - Biomass
19	Vegetation - Cellulose
20	Vegetation - Chlorophyll
21	Vegetation - LAI
22	Vegetation - Lignin
23	Vegetation - Nitrogen content
24	Vegetation - PAR
25	Vegetation - Protein
26	Vegetation - Starch
27	Vegetation - Stress
28	Vegetation - Sugar
29	Vegetation - Vitality
30	Vegetation - Water
31	Vegetation - Water stress

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1	ENVI Help
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Visualisation of Indices

Sensor:

Indices:

Adjusted transformed soil-adjusted VI

Aerosol free vegetation index 1600

Aerosol free vegetation index 2100

Alteration

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

Disease water stress index

Disease-Water Stress Index 5

Enhanced Vegetation Index

Enhanced Vegetation Index 2

Enhanced Vegetation Index 2

Ferric iron, Fe2+

Ferric iron, Fe3+

Ferric Oxides

Ferrous iron

Ferrous Silicates

Global Environment Monitoring Index

Global Vegetation Moisture Index

Gossan

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

Laterite

Leaf Water Content Index

Log Ratio

mCRIG

mCRIRE

Mid-infrared 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 780/550

Normalized Difference 782/666

Normalized Difference 790/670

Normalized Difference 800/1675

Normalized Difference 800/2170

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 819/1600

Normalized Difference 819/1649

Normalized Difference 820/1600

Normalized Difference 827/668

Normalized Difference 833/1649

Normalized Difference 833/658

Normalized Difference 860/1640

Normalized Difference 895/675

Normalized Difference 900/680

Normalized Difference Green/Red

Normalized Difference MIR/NIR

Normalized Difference NIR/Blue

Normalized Difference NIR/Green

Normalized Difference NIR/MIR

Normalized Difference NIR/Red

Normalized Difference NIR/Rededge

Normalized Difference NIR/SWIR

Normalized Difference Red/Green

Normalized Difference Salinity Index

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index 690-710

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index C

Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Pan NDVI

Perpendicular Vegetation Index

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A3

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A4

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra C3

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra C4

RDVI

RDVI2

Red-Blue NDVI

Reduced Simple Ratio

Reflectance at the inflexion point

Renormalized Difference Vegetation Index

SAVImir

Shape Index

Simple Ratio 1599/819

Simple Ratio 1600/820

Simple Ratio 1650/2218

Simple Ratio 1660/550

Simple Ratio 1660/680

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 605/670

Simple Ratio 672/550

Simple Ratio 674/553

Simple Ratio 675/555

Simple Ratio 683/510

Simple Ratio 800/1660

Simple Ratio 800/1675

Simple Ratio 800/2170

Simple Ratio 800/470

Simple Ratio 800/500

Simple Ratio 800/550

Simple Ratio 800/600

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 833/1649

Simple Ratio 833/658

Simple Ratio 860/550

Simple Ratio 900/680

Simple Ratio MIR/NIR

Simple Ratio MIR/Red

Simple Ratio MIR/SWIR

Simple Ratio NIR/G

Simple Ratio NIR/MIR

Simple Ratio NIR/RED

Simple Ratio NIR/Rededge

Simple Ratio Red/Blue

Simple Ratio Red/Green

Simple Ratio Red/NIR

Simple Ratio SWIRI/NIR

Single Band 1580

Single Band 1690

Single Band 2100

Single Band 2130

Single Band 2180

Single Band 2218

Single Band 2240

Single Band 2250

Single Band 2270

Single Band 2280

Single Band 2300

Single Band 2310

Single Band 2320

Single Band 2340

Single Band 2350

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 Composition Index

Soil-adjusted vegetation index 2

Specific Leaf Area Vegetation Index

Spectral Polygon Vegetation Index

SQRT(IR/R)

Structure Intensive Pigment Index 2

Structure Intensive Pigment Index 3

Tasselled Cap - brightness

Tasselled Cap - vegetation

Tasselled Cap - wetness

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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