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Formula

General Formula 2 ⁢ NIR + 1 - ( 2 ⁢ NIR + 1 ) 2 - 8 ⁢ ( NIR - RED ) 2
Specific Formula 2 ⁢ NIR + 1 - ( 2 ⁢ NIR + 1 ) 2 - 8 ⁢ ( NIR - Red ) 2
Calculated Automatic
Comment

Sensor

Name LandsatETM+ (Landsat7)
Full Name Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
Bands 8
Spectrum [nm] 450-12500
Spat.Res. [m] 15-60
Inclination 98.2
Platform Landsat
Operator NASA / USGS
Date of Launch 1999-04-15
Comment
Usable for Indices yes
Description

Index

Name Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index
Abbreviation MSAVI
Formula 2 ⁢ NIR + 1 - ( 2 ⁢ NIR + 1 ) 2 - 8 ⁢ ( NIR - RED ) 2
Variables
Expl. of Variables
Wavelengths 640:760,780:1400
Source Original formula
Description

References

Nr. Author/Title Year Comment
1 Rondeaux, Geneviève; Steven, Michael; Baret, Frédéric - Optimization of soil-adjusted vegetation indices 1996
2 Wu, Jindong; Wang, Dong; Bauer, Marvin E. - Assessing broadband vegetation indices and QuickBird data in estimating leaf area index of corn and potato canopies 2007

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