Information for Sensor and Index

Formula

General Formula	$\frac{NIR - (GREEN - (BLUE - RED))}{NIR - (GREEN + (BLUE - RED))}$
Specific Formula	$\frac{8 - (4 - (2 - 6))}{8 - (4 + (2 - 6))}$
Calculated	Automatic
Comment

Sensor

Name	SeaWiFS
Full Name	Sea-viewing Wide Field of view Sensor
Bands	8
Spectrum [nm]	412-905
Spat.Res. [m]	0-0
Inclination	0
Platform	SeaStar/OrbView-2
Operator	GeoEye
Date of Launch	1999-08-01
Comment	OrbView-2: Date of launch: 1 August 1997
Usable for Indices	yes
Description

Index

Name	Green atmospherically resistant vegetation index
Abbreviation	GARI
Formula	$\frac{NIR - (GREEN - (BLUE - RED))}{NIR - (GREEN + (BLUE - RED))}$
Variables
Expl. of Variables
Wavelengths	420:480,490:570,640:760,780:1400
Source	Original formula
Description

References

Nr.	Author/Title	Year	Comment
1	Gitelson, Anatoly A.; Kaufman, Yoram J.; Merzlyak, Mark N. - Use of a green channel in remote sensing of global vegetation from EOS-MODIS	1996

Visualisation

Sensor

Index