Sensor: Sentinel-2A

Sentinel-2A

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Basic information

Name	Sentinel-2A
Full Name
Bands	13
Spectrum [nm]	433-2280
Spat.Res. [m]	10-60
Inclination	98.6
Orbit Height	797
Orbit Type
Platform
Operator	ESA
Date of Launch	2015-06-23
status
Comment
Usable for Indices	yes
Description

Bands/Channels

Nr.	Name	Start WL	Middle WL	End WL	Sp.Rg.	Spat. Res.	Comment
1	1	433	443	453	20	60	Atmospheric correction (aerosol scattering)
2	2	458	490	522	65	10	Sensitive to vegetation senescing, carotenoid, browning, and soil background; atmospheric correction (aerosol scattering)
3	3	543	560	577	35	10	Green peak; sensitive to total chlorophyll in vegetation
4	4	650	665	680	30	10	Maximum chlorophyll absorption
5	5	698	705	712	15	20	Position of red edge; consolidation of atmospheric corrections – fluorescence baseline
6	6	733	740	747	15	20	Position of red edge, atmospheric correction; retrieval of aerosol load
7	7	773	783	793	20	20	LAI, edge of the NIR plateau
8	8	785	842	899	115	10	LAI
9	8a	855	865	875	20	20	NIR plateau; sensitive to total chlorophyll, biomass, LAI, and protein; water vapor absorption reference; retrieval of aerosol load and type
10	9	935	945	955	20	60	Water vapor absorption; atmospheric correction
11	10	1360	1375	1390	30	60	Detection of thin cirrus for atmospheric correction
12	11	1565	1610	1655	90	20	Sensitive to lignin, starch, and forest aboveground biomass; snow–ice–cloud separation
13	12	2100	2190	2280	180	20	Assessment of Mediterranean vegetation conditions; distinction of clay soils for the monitoring of soil erosion; distinction between live biomass, dead biomass, and soil (e.g., for burn scars mapping)

Indices

Nr.	Name	Specific Formula	Calculated	Comment
1	Adjusted transformed soil-adjusted VI	$1.22\frac{9-1.225-0.03}{1.229+5-1.22·0.03+0.08\left(1+{1.22}^2\right)}$	Automatic
2	Aerosol free vegetation index 1600	$\left(9-0.66\frac{\mathrm{11}}{9+0.66\mathrm{11}}\right)$	Automatic
3	Aerosol free vegetation index 2100	$\left(9-0.5\frac{\mathrm{12}}{9+0.56\mathrm{12}}\right)$	Automatic
4	Alteration	$\frac{\mathrm{11}}{\mathrm{12}}$	Automatic
5	Anthocyanin reflectance index	$\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{5}$	Automatic
6	Ashburn Vegetation Index	$2.09-4$	Automatic
7	Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index	$\frac{\mathrm{8a}-5-y\left(5-1\right)}{\mathrm{8a}+5-y\left(5-1\right)}$	Manual
8	Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 2	$-0.18+1.17\left(\frac{9-5}{9+5}\right)$	Automatic
9	Blue-wide dynamic range vegetation index	$\frac{0.19-1}{0.19+1}$	Automatic
10	Browning Reflectance Index	$\frac{\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{5}}{9}$	Automatic
11	Canopy Chlorophyll Content Index	$\frac{\frac{9-5}{9+5}}{\frac{9-\mathrm{Red}}{9+\mathrm{Red}}}$	Automatic
12	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
13	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
14	Chlorophyll Green	${\left(\frac{7}{3}\right)}^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
15	Chlorophyll Index Green	$\frac{9}{3}-1$	Automatic
16	Chlorophyll IndexRedEdge	$\frac{9}{5}-1$	Automatic
17	Chlorophyll Red-Edge	${\left(\frac{7}{5}\right)}^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
18	Chlorophyll vegetation index	$9\frac{5}{3^2}$	Automatic
19	Coloration Index	$\frac{5-1}{5}$	Automatic
20	Corrected Transformed Vegetation Index	$\frac{\left(\frac{5-3}{5+3}\right)+0,5}{\left|\left(\frac{5-3}{5+3}\right)+0,5\right|}·\sqrt{\left|\left(\left(\frac{5-3}{5+3}\right)\right)+0,5\right|}$	Automatic
21	CRI550	$2^{\left(-1\right)}-3^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
22	CRI700	$2^{\left(-1\right)}-5^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
23	Datt1	$\frac{8-5}{8-4}$	Automatic
24	Datt4	$\frac{4}{3·5}$	Automatic
25	Datt6	$\frac{\mathrm{8a}}{3·5}$	Automatic
26	Difference 678/500	$4-2$	Automatic
27	Difference 800/550	$8-3$	Automatic
28	Difference 800/680	$8-4$	Automatic
29	Difference 833/658	$8-4$	Automatic
30	Difference NIR/Green	$9-3$	Automatic
31	Differenced Vegetation Index MSS	$2.49-4$	Automatic
32	Enhanced Vegetation Index	$2.5\frac{9-5}{\left(9+65-7.51\right)+1}$	Automatic
33	Enhanced Vegetation Index 2	$2.4\frac{9-5}{9+5+1}$	Automatic
34	Enhanced Vegetation Index 2	$2.5\frac{9-5}{9+2.45+1}$	Automatic
35	EPI	$a\frac{4}{{\left(3·5\right)}^b}$	Automatic
36	Ferric iron, Fe2+	$\frac{\mathrm{12}}{8}+\frac{3}{4}$	Automatic
37	Ferric iron, Fe3+	$\frac{4}{3}$	Automatic
38	Ferric Oxides	$\frac{\mathrm{11}}{8}$	Automatic
39	Ferrous iron	$\frac{\mathrm{12}}{8}+\frac{3}{4}$	Automatic
40	Ferrous Silicates	$\frac{\mathrm{12}}{\mathrm{11}}$	Automatic
41	Global Environment Monitoring Index	$\left(\frac{2\left(9^2-5^2\right)+1.59+0.55}{9+5+0.5}\left(1-0.25\frac{2\left(9^2-5^2\right)+1.59+0.55}{9+5+0.5}\right)-\frac{5-0.125}{1-5}\right)$	Automatic
42	Global Vegetation Moisture Index	$\frac{\left(9+0.1\right)-\left(\mathrm{12}+0.02\right)}{\left(9+0.1\right)+\left(\mathrm{12}+0.02\right)}$	Automatic
43	Gossan	$\frac{\mathrm{11}}{4}$	Automatic
44	Green atmospherically resistant vegetation index	$\frac{9-\left(3-\left(1-5\right)\right)}{9-\left(3+\left(1-5\right)\right)}$	Automatic
45	Green leaf index	$\frac{23-5-1}{23+5+1}$	Automatic
46	Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index	$\frac{9-3}{9+3}$	Automatic
47	Green Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{9-3}{9+3+Y}$	Automatic
48	Green Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{9-3}{9+3+L}\left(1+L\right)$	Automatic
49	Green-Blue NDVI	$\frac{9-\left(3+1\right)}{9+\left(3+1\right)}$	Automatic
50	Green-Red NDVI	$\frac{9-\left(3+5\right)}{9+\left(3+5\right)}$	Automatic
51	Hue	$\arctan \left(\frac{25-3-1}{30.5}\left(3-1\right)\right)$	Automatic
52	Ideal vegetation index	$\frac{9-b}{a·5}$	Automatic
53	Infrared percentage vegetation index	$\frac{\frac{9}{9+5}}{2}\left(\left(\frac{5-3}{5+3}\right)+1\right)$	Automatic
54	Intensity	$\left(\frac{1}{30.5}\right)\left(5+3+1\right)$	Automatic
55	Inverse reflectance 550	$3^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
56	Inverse reflectance 700	$5^{\left(-1\right)}$	Automatic
57	Laterite	$\frac{\mathrm{11}}{\mathrm{12}}$	Automatic
58	Leaf Chlorophyll Index	$\frac{8-5}{8+4}$	Automatic
59	Leaf Water Content Index	$\frac{\log \left(1-\left(9-\mathrm{MIDIR}\right)\right)}{-\log \left(1-\left(9-\mathrm{MIDIR}\right)\right)}$	Automatic
60	Log Ratio	$\log \left(\frac{9}{5}\right)$	Automatic
61	Maccioni	$\frac{7-5}{7-4}$	Automatic
62	MCARI/MTVI2	$\frac{\left(\left(5-4\right)-0.2\left(5-3\right)\right)\left(\frac{5}{4}\right)}{\left(1.5\frac{1.2\left(8-3\right)-2.5\left(4-3\right)}{\sqrt{{\left(28+1\right)}^2-\left(68-5\sqrt{4}\right)-0.5}}\right)}$	Automatic
63	MCARI/OSAVI	$\frac{\left(5-4\right)-0.2\left(5-3\right)\left(\frac{5}{4}\right)}{\left(1+0.16\right)\frac{8-4}{8+4+0.16}}$	Automatic
64	mCRIG	$\left(2^{\left(-1\right)}-3^{\left(-1\right)}\right)·9$	Automatic
65	mCRIRE	$\left(2^{\left(-1\right)}-5^{\left(-1\right)}\right)·9$	Automatic
66	Mid-infrared vegetation index	$\frac{9}{\mathrm{11}}$	Automatic
67	Misra Green Vegetation Index	$-0.3863-0.5304+0.5356+0.5329$	Automatic
68	Misra Non Such Index	$0.4043-0.0394-0.5056+0.7629$	Automatic
69	Misra Soil Brightness Index	$0.4063+0.6004+0.6456+0.2439$	Automatic
70	Misra Yellow Vegetation Index	$0.7233-0.5974+0.2066-0.2789$	Automatic
71	mND680	$\frac{8-4}{8+4-21}$	Automatic
72	Modified anthocyanin reflectance index	$\left(3^{\left(-1\right)}-5^{\left(-1\right)}\right)·9$	Automatic
73	Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index	$\left(\left(5-4\right)-0.2\left(5-3\right)\right)\left(\frac{5}{4}\right)$	Automatic
74	Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index 1	$1.2\left(2.5\left(8-4\right)-1.3\left(8-3\right)\right)$	Automatic
75	Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index 2	$\left(1.5\frac{2.5\left(8-4\right)-1.3\left(8-3\right)}{\sqrt{{\left(28+1\right)}^2-\left(68-5\sqrt{4}\right)-0.5}}\right)$	Automatic
76	Modified NDVI	$\frac{8-4}{8+4-21}$	Automatic
77	Modified Simple Ratio	$\frac{8-1}{4-1}$	Automatic
78	Modified Simple Ratio 670,800	$\frac{\frac{8}{4}-1}{\sqrt{\frac{8}{4}+1}}$	Automatic
79	Modified Simple Ratio NIR/RED	$\frac{\left(\frac{9}{5}\right)-1}{\sqrt{\left(\frac{9}{5}\right)+1}}$	Automatic
80	Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{29+1-\sqrt{{\left(29+1\right)}^2-8\left(9-5\right)}}{2}$	Automatic
81	Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index hyper	$\left(0.5\right)\left(\left(28+1\right)-\sqrt{{\left(28+1\right)}^2-8\left(8-4\right)}\right)$	Automatic
82	Modified Triangular Vegetation Index 1	$1.2\left(1.2\left(8-3\right)-2.5\left(4-3\right)\right)$	Automatic
83	Modified Triangular Vegetation Index 2	$\left(1.5\frac{1.2\left(8-3\right)-2.5\left(4-3\right)}{\sqrt{{\left(28+1\right)}^2-\left(68-5\sqrt{4}\right)-0.5}}\right)$	Automatic
84	Nonlinear vegetation index	$\frac{9^2-5}{9^2+5}$	Automatic
85	Norm G	$\frac{3}{9+5+3}$	Automatic
86	Norm NIR	$\frac{9}{9+5+3}$	Automatic
87	Norm R	$\frac{5}{9+5+3}$	Automatic
88	Normalized Difference 550/450	$\frac{3-1}{3+1}$	Automatic
89	Normalized Difference 550/650	$\frac{3-4}{3+4}$	Automatic
90	Normalized Difference 774/677	$\frac{7-4}{7+4}$	Automatic
91	Normalized Difference 780/550	$\frac{7-3}{7+3}$	Automatic
92	Normalized Difference 782/666	$\frac{7-4}{7+4}$	Automatic
93	Normalized Difference 790/670	$\frac{7-4}{7+4}$	Automatic
94	Normalized Difference 800/2170	$\frac{8-\mathrm{12}}{8+\mathrm{12}}$	Automatic
95	Normalized Difference 800/470	$\frac{8-2}{8+2}$	Automatic
96	Normalized Difference 800/500	$\frac{8-2}{8+2}$	Automatic
97	Normalized Difference 800/550	$\frac{8-3}{8+3}$	Automatic
98	Normalized Difference 800/650	$\frac{8-4}{8+4}$	Automatic
99	Normalized Difference 800/675	$\frac{8-4}{8+4}$	Automatic
100	Normalized Difference 800/680	$\frac{8-4}{8+4}$	Automatic
101	Normalized Difference 819/1600	$\frac{8-\mathrm{11}}{8+\mathrm{11}}$	Automatic
102	Normalized Difference 819/1649	$\frac{8-\mathrm{11}}{8+\mathrm{11}}$	Automatic
103	Normalized Difference 820/1600	$\frac{8-\mathrm{11}}{8+\mathrm{11}}$	Automatic
104	Normalized Difference 827/668	$\frac{8-4}{8+4}$	Automatic
105	Normalized Difference 833/1649	$\frac{8-\mathrm{11}}{8+\mathrm{11}}$	Automatic
106	Normalized Difference 833/658	$\frac{8-4}{8+4}$	Automatic
107	Normalized Difference 860/1640	$\frac{\mathrm{8a}-\mathrm{11}}{\mathrm{8a}+\mathrm{11}}$	Automatic
108	Normalized Difference 895/675	$\frac{8-4}{8+4}$	Automatic
109	Normalized Difference Green/Red	$\frac{3-5}{3+5}$	Automatic
110	Normalized Difference MIR/NIR	$\frac{\mathrm{12}-8}{\mathrm{12}+8}$	Automatic
111	Normalized Difference NIR/Blue	$\frac{9-1}{9+1}$	Automatic
112	Normalized Difference NIR/Green	$\frac{9-3}{9+3}$	Automatic
113	Normalized Difference NIR/MIR	$\frac{9-\mathrm{12}}{9+\mathrm{12}}$	Automatic
114	Normalized Difference NIR/Red	$\frac{8-4}{8+4}$	Automatic
115	Normalized Difference NIR/Rededge	$\frac{9-5}{9+5}$	Automatic
116	Normalized Difference NIR/SWIR	$\frac{9-\mathrm{12}}{9+\mathrm{12}}$	Automatic
117	Normalized Difference Red/Green	$\frac{5-3}{5+3}$	Automatic
118	Normalized Difference Salinity Index	$\frac{\mathrm{11}-\mathrm{12}}{\mathrm{11}+\mathrm{12}}$	Automatic
119	Normalized Difference Vegetation Index 690-710	$\frac{9-5}{9+5}$	Automatic
120	Normalized Difference Vegetation Index C	$\frac{9-5}{9+5}\left(1-\frac{\mathrm{12}-\mathrm{SWIIRmin}}{\mathrm{SWIRmax}-\mathrm{SWIRmin}}\right)$	Automatic
121	Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\left(1+0.16\right)\frac{8-4}{8+4+0.16}$	Automatic
122	Pan NDVI	$\frac{9-\left(3+5+1\right)}{9+\left(3+5+1\right)}$	Automatic
123	Perpendicular Vegetation Index	$\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{a^2+1}}\right)\left(9-\mathrm{ar}-b\right)$	Automatic
124	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A1	$\frac{\frac{4}{5}}{\frac{\mathrm{r675}}{\mathrm{r700}}}$	Automatic
125	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A2	$\frac{\frac{4}{5}}{\frac{\mathrm{r680}}{\mathrm{r700}}}$	Automatic
126	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A3	$\frac{\frac{4}{8}}{\frac{\mathrm{r670}}{\mathrm{r800}}}$	Automatic
127	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A4	$\frac{\frac{4}{8}}{\frac{\mathrm{r680}}{\mathrm{r800}}}$	Automatic
128	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra C3	$\frac{\frac{8}{2}}{\frac{\mathrm{r800}}{\mathrm{r500}}}$	Automatic
129	Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra C4	$\frac{\frac{8}{2}}{\frac{\mathrm{r800}}{\mathrm{r470}}}$	Automatic
130	RDVI	$\frac{8-4}{{\left(8+4\right)}^{0.5}}$	Automatic
131	RDVI2	$\frac{8-4}{\sqrt{8+4}}$	Automatic
132	Red edge 1	$\frac{5}{4}$	Automatic
133	Red edge 2	$\frac{5-4}{5+4}$	Automatic
134	Red-Blue NDVI	$\frac{9-\left(5+1\right)}{9+\left(5+1\right)}$	Automatic
135	Red-Edge Inflection Point 1	$700+40\left(\frac{\left(\frac{4+7}{2}\right)-5}{6-5}\right)$	Automatic
136	Red-Edge Inflection Point 2	$702+40\left(\frac{\left(\frac{4+7}{2}\right)-5}{6-5}\right)$	Automatic
137	Red-Edge Inflection Point 3	$705+35\left(\frac{\left(\frac{4+7}{2}\right)-5}{6-5}\right)$	Automatic
138	Red-Edge Position Linear Interpolation	$700+40\frac{\left(\frac{4+7}{2}\right)-5}{6-5}$	Automatic
139	Reduced Simple Ratio	$\frac{9}{5}·\mathrm{MIRmax}-\frac{\mathrm{12}}{\mathrm{MIRmax}}-\mathrm{MIRmin}$	Automatic
140	Reflectance at the inflexion point	$\frac{4+7}{2}$	Automatic
141	Renormalized Difference Vegetation Index	$\frac{8-4}{\sqrt{8+4}}$	Automatic
142	SAVImir	$\left(9-\mathrm{12}\right)\frac{1+L}{9+\mathrm{12}+L}$	Automatic
143	Shape Index	$\frac{25-3-1}{3-1}$	Automatic
144	Simple Ratio 1599/819	$\frac{\mathrm{11}}{8}$	Automatic
145	Simple Ratio 1600/820	$\frac{\mathrm{11}}{8}$	Automatic
146	Simple Ratio 1650/2218	$\frac{\mathrm{11}}{\mathrm{12}}$	Automatic
147	Simple Ratio 440/740	$\frac{1}{6}$	Automatic
148	Simple Ratio 450/550	$\frac{1}{3}$	Automatic
149	Simple Ratio 520/670	$\frac{2}{4}$	Automatic
150	Simple Ratio 550/670	$\frac{3}{4}$	Automatic
151	Simple Ratio 550/680	$\frac{3}{4}$	Automatic
152	Simple Ratio 550/800	$\frac{3}{8}$	Automatic
153	Simple Ratio 554/677	$\frac{3}{4}$	Automatic
154	Simple Ratio 560/658	$\frac{3}{4}$	Automatic
155	Simple Ratio 672/550	$\frac{4}{3}$	Automatic
156	Simple Ratio 672/708	$\frac{4}{5}$	Automatic
157	Simple Ratio 674/553	$\frac{4}{3}$	Automatic
158	Simple Ratio 675/555	$\frac{4}{3}$	Automatic
159	Simple Ratio 675/700	$\frac{4}{5}$	Automatic
160	Simple Ratio 675/705	$\frac{4}{5}$	Automatic
161	Simple Ratio 700	$\frac{1}{5}$	Automatic
162	Simple Ratio 700/670	$\frac{5}{4}$	Automatic
163	Simple Ratio 710/670	$\frac{5}{4}$	Automatic
164	Simple Ratio 735/710	$\frac{6}{5}$	Automatic
165	Simple Ratio 774/677	$\frac{7}{4}$	Automatic
166	Simple Ratio 800/2170	$\frac{8}{\mathrm{12}}$	Automatic
167	Simple Ratio 800/470	$\frac{8}{2}$	Automatic
168	Simple Ratio 800/500	$\frac{8}{2}$	Automatic
169	Simple Ratio 800/550	$\frac{8}{3}$	Automatic
170	Simple Ratio 800/650	$\frac{8}{4}$	Automatic
171	Simple Ratio 800/670	$\frac{8}{4}$	Automatic
172	Simple Ratio 800/675	$\frac{8}{4}$	Automatic
173	Simple Ratio 800/680	$\frac{8}{4}$	Automatic
174	Simple Ratio 801/550	$\frac{8}{3}$	Automatic
175	Simple Ratio 801/670	$\frac{8}{4}$	Automatic
176	Simple Ratio 810/560	$\frac{8}{3}$	Automatic
177	Simple Ratio 833/1649	$\frac{8}{\mathrm{11}}$	Automatic
178	Simple Ratio 833/658	$\frac{8}{4}$	Automatic
179	Simple Ratio 850/710	$\frac{8}{5}$	Automatic
180	Simple Ratio 860/550	$\frac{\mathrm{8a}}{3}$	Automatic
181	Simple Ratio 860/708	$\frac{\mathrm{8a}}{5}$	Automatic
182	Simple Ratio MIR/NIR	$\frac{\mathrm{12}}{9}$	Automatic
183	Simple Ratio MIR/Red	$\frac{\mathrm{12}}{5}$	Automatic
184	Simple Ratio NIR/700-715	$\frac{9}{5}$	Automatic
185	Simple Ratio NIR/G	$\frac{9}{3}$	Automatic
186	Simple Ratio NIR/MIR	$\frac{9}{\mathrm{12}}$	Automatic
187	Simple Ratio NIR/RED	$\frac{9}{5}$	Automatic
188	Simple Ratio NIR/Rededge	$\frac{9}{5}$	Automatic
189	Simple Ratio Red/Blue	$\frac{5}{1}$	Automatic
190	Simple Ratio Red/Green	$\frac{5}{3}$	Automatic
191	Simple Ratio Red/NIR	$\frac{5}{9}$	Automatic
192	Simple Ratio SWIRI/NIR	$\frac{\mathrm{SWIRI}}{9}$	Automatic
193	Single Band 1580	$\mathrm{11}$	Automatic
194	Single Band 2100	$\mathrm{12}$	Automatic
195	Single Band 2130	$\mathrm{12}$	Automatic
196	Single Band 2180	$\mathrm{12}$	Automatic
197	Single Band 2218	$\mathrm{12}$	Automatic
198	Single Band 2240	$\mathrm{12}$	Automatic
199	Single Band 2250	$\mathrm{12}$	Automatic
200	Single Band 2270	$\mathrm{12}$	Automatic
201	Single Band 2280	$\mathrm{12}$	Automatic
202	Single Band 460	$2$	Automatic
203	Single Band 470	$2$	Automatic
204	Single Band 495	$2$	Automatic
205	Single Band 550	$3$	Automatic
206	Single Band 555	$3$	Automatic
207	Single Band 655	$4$	Automatic
208	Single Band 660	$4$	Automatic
209	Single Band 670	$4$	Automatic
210	Single Band 675	$4$	Automatic
211	Single Band 680	$4$	Automatic
212	Single Band 700	$5$	Automatic
213	Single Band 703	$5$	Automatic
214	Single Band 705	$5$	Automatic
215	Single Band 735	$6$	Automatic
216	Single Band 801	$8$	Automatic
217	Single Band 850	$8$	Automatic
218	Single Band 885	$8$	Automatic
219	Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{8-4}{8+4+L}\left(1+L\right)$	Automatic
220	Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index	$\left(1+L\right)\frac{8-\left(\mathrm{Rr}-y\left(\mathrm{RB}-\mathrm{Rr}\right)\right)}{8+-\left(\mathrm{Rr}-y\left(\mathrm{RB}-\mathrm{Rr}\right)\right)+L}$	Automatic
221	Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 2	$2,5\frac{9-5}{1+9+65-7,51}$	Automatic
222	Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 3	$\left(1+0,5\right)\frac{8-4}{8+4+0,5}$	Automatic
223	Soil Background Line	$9-2.44$	Automatic
224	Soil Composition Index	$\frac{\mathrm{11}-8}{\mathrm{11}+8}$	Automatic
225	Soil-adjusted vegetation index 2	$\frac{9}{5+\frac{b}{a}}$	Automatic
226	Specific Leaf Area Vegetation Index	$\frac{9}{5+\mathrm{12}}$	Automatic
227	SQRT(IR/R)	$\sqrt{\frac{9}{5}}$	Automatic
228	Structure Intensive Pigment Index 1	$\frac{8-1}{8-4}$	Automatic
229	Structure Intensive Pigment Index 3	$\frac{8-2}{8-4}$	Automatic
230	Tasselled Cap - brightness	$0.30372+0.27933+0.47434+0.55858+0.5082\mathrm{10}+0.1863\mathrm{12}$	Automatic
231	Tasselled Cap - Green Vegetation Index MSS	$-0.2833-0.6604+0.5776+0.3889$	Automatic
232	Tasselled Cap - Non Such Index MSS	$-0.0163+0.1314-0.4256+0.8829$	Automatic
233	Tasselled Cap - Soil Brightness Index MSS	$0.3323+0.6034+0.6756+0.2629$	Automatic
234	Tasselled Cap - vegetation	$-0.28482-0.24353-0.54364+0.72438+0.0840\mathrm{11}-0.1800\mathrm{12}$	Automatic
235	Tasselled Cap - wetness	$0.15092+0.19733+0.32794+0.34068-0.7112\mathrm{11}-0.4572\mathrm{12}$	Automatic
236	Tasselled Cap - Yellow Vegetation Index MSS	$-0.8993+0.4284+0.0766-0.0419$	Automatic
237	TCARI/OSAVI	$\frac{3\left(5-4\right)-0.2\left(5-3\right)\frac{5}{4}}{\left(1+0.16\right)\frac{8-4}{8+4+0.16}}$	Automatic
238	Transformed Chlorophyll Absorbtion Ratio	$3\left(\left(5-4\right)-0.2\left(5-3\right)\left(\frac{5}{4}\right)\right)$	Automatic
239	Transformed NDVI	$\sqrt{\frac{9-5}{9+5}+0.5}$	Automatic
240	Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index	$\frac{B\left(9-B·5-A\right)}{5+B\left(9-A\right)+X\left(1+B^2\right)}$	Automatic
241	Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index 2	$\frac{a·9-a·5-b}{5+a·9-a·b}$	Automatic
242	Transformed Vegetation Index	$\sqrt{\left(\left(\frac{5-3}{5+3}\right)\right)+0,5}$	Automatic
243	Triangular chlorophyll index	$1.2\left(5-3\right)-1.5\left(4-3\right)·\sqrt{\frac{5}{4}}$	Automatic
244	Vegetation Index 700	$\frac{5-4}{5+4}$	Automatic
245	Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index Green	$\frac{3-4}{3+4-2}$	Automatic
246	Visible Atmospherically Resistant Indices 700	$\frac{5-1,74+0,72}{5+2,34-1,32}$	Automatic
247	Visible Atmospherically Resistant Indices RedEdge	$\frac{5-4}{5+4}$	Automatic
248	Weighted Difference Vegetation Index	$9-a·5$	Automatic
249	Wide Dynamic Range Vegetation Index	$\frac{0.19-5}{0.19+5}$	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	Soil
16	Vegetation
17	Vegetation - Biomass
18	Vegetation - Cellulose
19	Vegetation - Chlorophyll
20	Vegetation - LAI
21	Vegetation - Lignin
22	Vegetation - Nitrogen content
23	Vegetation - PAR
24	Vegetation - Protein
25	Vegetation - Starch
26	Vegetation - Stress
27	Vegetation - Sugar
28	Vegetation - Vitality
29	Vegetation - Water
30	Vegetation - Water stress

References

Nr.	Author/Title	Year	Comment
1	Herrmann, I.; Pimstein, A.; Karnieli, A.; Cohen, Y.; Alchanatis, V.; Bonfil, D. J. - LAI assessment of wheat and potato crops by VENµS and Sentinel-2 bands	2011
2	Richter, K.; Atzberger, C.; Vuolo, F.; Weihs, P.; D’Urso, G. - Experimental assessment of the Sentinel-2 band setting for RTM-based LAI retrieval of sugar beet and maize	2009

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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

Anthocyanin reflectance index

Ashburn Vegetation Index

Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index

Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index 2

Blue-wide dynamic range vegetation index

Browning Reflectance Index

Canopy Chlorophyll Content Index

Chlorophyll Absorption Ratio Index

Chlorophyll Absorption Ratio Index 2

Chlorophyll Green

Chlorophyll Index Green

Chlorophyll IndexRedEdge

Chlorophyll Red-Edge

Chlorophyll vegetation index

Coloration Index

Corrected Transformed Vegetation Index

CRI550

CRI700

Datt1

Datt4

Datt6

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

EPI

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

Inverse reflectance 700

Laterite

Leaf Chlorophyll Index

Leaf Water Content Index

Log Ratio

Maccioni

MCARI/MTVI2

MCARI/OSAVI

mCRIG

mCRIRE

Mid-infrared vegetation index

Misra Green Vegetation Index

Misra Non Such Index

Misra Soil Brightness Index

Misra Yellow Vegetation Index

mND680

Modified anthocyanin reflectance index

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 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 774/677

Normalized Difference 780/550

Normalized Difference 782/666

Normalized Difference 790/670

Normalized Difference 800/2170

Normalized Difference 800/470

Normalized Difference 800/500

Normalized Difference 800/550

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 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 A1

Ratio Analysis of Reflectance Spectra A2

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 edge 1

Red edge 2

Red-Blue NDVI

Red-Edge Inflection Point 1

Red-Edge Inflection Point 2

Red-Edge Inflection Point 3

Red-Edge Position Linear Interpolation

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 440/740

Simple Ratio 450/550

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 672/708

Simple Ratio 674/553

Simple Ratio 675/555

Simple Ratio 675/700

Simple Ratio 675/705

Simple Ratio 700

Simple Ratio 700/670

Simple Ratio 710/670

Simple Ratio 735/710

Simple Ratio 774/677

Simple Ratio 800/2170

Simple Ratio 800/470

Simple Ratio 800/500

Simple Ratio 800/550

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 850/710

Simple Ratio 860/550

Simple Ratio 860/708

Simple Ratio MIR/NIR

Simple Ratio MIR/Red

Simple Ratio NIR/700-715

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 2100

Single Band 2130

Single Band 2180

Single Band 2218

Single Band 2240

Single Band 2250

Single Band 2270

Single Band 2280

Single Band 460

Single Band 470

Single Band 495

Single Band 550

Single Band 555

Single Band 655

Single Band 660

Single Band 670

Single Band 675

Single Band 680

Single Band 700

Single Band 703

Single Band 705

Single Band 735

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

SQRT(IR/R)

Structure Intensive Pigment Index 1

Structure Intensive Pigment Index 3

Tasselled Cap - brightness

Tasselled Cap - Green Vegetation Index MSS

Tasselled Cap - Non Such Index MSS

Tasselled Cap - Soil Brightness Index MSS

Tasselled Cap - vegetation

Tasselled Cap - wetness

Tasselled Cap - Yellow Vegetation Index MSS

TCARI/OSAVI

Transformed Chlorophyll Absorbtion Ratio

Transformed NDVI

Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index 2

Transformed Vegetation Index

Triangular chlorophyll index

Vegetation Index 700

Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index Green

Visible Atmospherically Resistant Indices 700

Visible Atmospherically Resistant Indices RedEdge

Weighted Difference Vegetation Index

Wide Dynamic Range Vegetation Index

List of Sensors