Information for Sensor and Index

Formula

General Formula	$\frac{NIR - RED - y (RED - BLUE)}{NIR + RED - y (RED - BLUE)}$
Specific Formula	$\frac{Near_Infrared - Red_edge - y (Red_edge - Blue)}{Near_Infrared + Red_edge - y (Red_edge - Blue)}$
Calculated	Automatic
Comment

Sensor

Name	RapidEye
Full Name	TACHYS (Rapid), MATI (Eye), CHOMA (Earth), CHOROS (Space), TROCHIA (Orbit)
Bands	5
Spectrum [nm]	440-850
Spat.Res. [m]	5-5
Inclination	0
Platform
Operator	Rapid eye AG
Date of Launch	2008-08-29
Comment
Usable for Indices	yes
Description

Index

Name	Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index
Abbreviation	ARVI
Formula	$\frac{NIR - RED - y (RED - BLUE)}{NIR + RED - y (RED - BLUE)}$
Variables	NIR = [781:1399]
Expl. of Variables	y = quotient derived from the components of atmospheric reflectance in the blue and red channel (see literature, e.g. Bannari 1992, for details)
Wavelengths	420:480,640:760,781:1399
Source	Original formula
Description	Minimizes the effects of atmospheric scattering in comparison to the NDVI

References

Nr.	Author/Title	Year	Comment
1	Ehammer, Andrea; Fritsch, Sebastian; Conrad, Christopher; Lamers, John; Dech, Stefan - Statistical derivation of fPAR and LAI for irrigated cotton and rice in arid Uzbekistan by combining multi-temporal RapidEye data and ground measurements	2010

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