Information for Sensor and Index

Formula

General Formula 970nm 900nm
Specific Formula 66 58
Calculated Automatic
Comment

Sensor

Name AVIRIS
Full Name Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
Bands 224
Spectrum [nm] 355.15-2515
Spat.Res. [m] 20-20
Inclination 0
Platform airborne
Operator NASA
Date of Launch 1987-00-00
Comment
Usable for Indices yes
Description

Index

Name Simple Ratio 970/900 Plant Water Index, Water Band Index (WBI), Water Index (WI)
Abbreviation PWI
Formula 970nm 900nm
Variables
Expl. of Variables
Wavelengths 900,970
Source Original formula
Description Quantify relative water content at leaf level

References

Nr. Author/Title Year Comment
1 Ceccato, Pietro; Gobron, Nadine; Flasse, Stéphane; Pinty, Bernard; Tarantola, Stefano - Designing a spectral index to estimate vegetation water content from remote sensing data: Part 1: Theoretical approach 2002
2 Peñuelas, J.; Filella, I. - Visible and near-infrared reflectance techniques for diagnosing plant physiological status 1998
3 Underwood, Emma; Ustin, Susan; DiPietro, Deanne - Mapping nonnative plants using hyperspectral imagery 2003

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