Information for Sensor and Index

Formula

General Formula	$\frac{a \cdot NIR - a \cdot RED - b}{RED + a \cdot NIR - a \cdot b}$
Specific Formula	$\frac{a \cdot near_infrared - a \cdot red - b}{red + a \cdot near_infrared - a \cdot b}$
Calculated	Automatic
Comment

Sensor

Name	SPOT 1-3
Full Name	SystÃ¨me Probatoire dâ€™Observation de la Terre, spÃ¤ter: Satellite Pour lâ€™Observation de la Terre
Bands	4
Spectrum [nm]	500-890
Spat.Res. [m]	10-20
Inclination	0
Platform	SPOT
Operator
Date of Launch	1968-02-22
Comment	Stereo capability, SPOT 2 not active since June 2009
Usable for Indices	yes
Description

Index

Name	Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index 2
Abbreviation	TSAVI
Formula	$\frac{a \cdot NIR - a \cdot RED - b}{RED + a \cdot NIR - a \cdot b}$
Variables
Expl. of Variables
Wavelengths	640:760,780:1400
Source	Original formula
Description	Eiden, G., Dreiser, C., Gesell, G., KÃ¶nig, T.: Large Scale Monitoring of Rangeland Vegetation Using NOAA/11 AVHRR LAC Data. Range Management Handbook of Kenya, 1991, Vol. 3/4, Nairobi, Oberpfaffenhofen

References

Nr.	Author/Title	Year	Comment
1	Thenkabail, P. S.; Smith, R. B.; De Pauw, E. - Evaluation of narrowband and broadband vegetation indices for determining optimal hyperspectral wavebands for agricultural crop characterization	2002

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