Information for Sensor and Index

Formula

General Formula 970nm 900nm
Specific Formula B83 B76
Calculated Automatic
Comment

Sensor

Name Hyperion
Full Name
Bands 242
Spectrum [nm] 349.896-2582.28
Spat.Res. [m] 30-30
Inclination 0
Platform EO-1
Operator NASA
Date of Launch 2000-11-21
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 Apan, Armando; Held, Alex; Phinn, Stuart; Markley, John - Formulation and assessment of narrow-band vegetation indices from EO-1 hyperion imagery for discriminating sugarcane disease 2003
2 Pu, Ruiliang; Gong, Peng; Yu, Qian - Comparative Analysis of EO-1 ALI and Hyperion, and Landsat ETM+ Data for Mapping Forest Crown Closure and Leaf Area Index 2008

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