Information for Sensor and Index

Formula

General Formula 2 NIR + 1 - ( 2 NIR + 1 ) 2 - 8 ( NIR - RED ) 2
Specific Formula 2 near_infrared + 1 - ( 2 near_infrared + 1 ) 2 - 8 ( near_infrared - red ) 2
Calculated Automatic
Comment

Sensor

Name QuickBird
Full Name QuickBird
Bands 5
Spectrum [nm] 450-900
Spat.Res. [m] 0.6-2.4
Inclination 97.2
Platform Earth Watch
Operator GeoEye
Date of Launch 2001-10-18
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 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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