Information for Sensor and Index

Formula

General Formula ( 1 + L ) ⁢ 800nm - ( Rr - y ( RB - Rr ) ) 800nm + - ( Rr - y ( RB - Rr ) ) + L
Specific Formula ( 1 + L ) ⁢ 2 - ( Rr - y ( RB - Rr ) ) 2 + - ( Rr - y ( RB - Rr ) ) + L
Calculated Automatic
Comment

Sensor

Name AVHRR
Full Name Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
Bands 6
Spectrum [nm] 580-12500
Spat.Res. [m] 1100-1100
Inclination 0
Platform TIROS-N / NOAA / METOP
Operator NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Date of Launch 1978-10-13
Comment NOAA-N (NOAA-18): Date of launch: 20 May 2005 NOAA-19: Date of launch: 6 Feb 2009
Usable for Indices yes
Description

Index

Name Soil and Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index
Abbreviation SARVI
Formula ( 1 + L ) ⁢ 800nm - ( Rr - y ( RB - Rr ) ) 800nm + - ( Rr - y ( RB - Rr ) ) + L
Variables
Expl. of Variables
Wavelengths 800
Source Original formula
Description

References

Nr. Author/Title Year Comment
1 Bastiaanssen, Wim G. M.; Molden, David J.; Makin, Ian W. - Remote sensing for irrigated agriculture: examples from research and possible applications 2000
2 Huete, A. R.; Liu, H. Q.; Batchily, K.; van Leeuwen, W. - A comparison of vegetation indices over a global set of TM images for EOS-MODIS 1997

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