Information for Sensor and Index
Formula
General Formula | |
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Specific Formula | |
Calculated | Automatic |
Comment |
Sensor
Name | SeaWiFS |
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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 | Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index |
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Abbreviation | ARVI |
Formula | |
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 |
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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 |
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