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Formula

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

Sensor

Name	LandsatTM (Landsat4,5)
Full Name	Landsat Thematic Mapper
Bands	7
Spectrum [nm]	450-12500
Spat.Res. [m]	30-120
Inclination	0
Platform	Landsat
Operator	NASA / USGS
Date of Launch	1984-03-01
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	Gao, Bo-cai - NDWIâ€”A normalized difference water index for remote sensing of vegetation liquid water from space	1996
2	Gitelson, Anatoly A. - Wide Dynamic Range Vegetation Index for Remote Quantification of Biophysical Characteristics of Vegetation	2004
3	Huete, A. R.; Liu, H. Q.; Batchily, K.; van Leeuwen, W. - A comparison of vegetation indices over a global set of TM images for EOS-MODIS	1997
4	Jacobsen, Anne; Broge, Niels H.; Hansen, Birger U. - Monitoring wheat fields and grasslands using spectral reflectance data	1995
5	Karnieli, A.; Kaufman, Y. J.; Remer, L.; Wald, A. - AFRI - aerosol free vegetation index	2001
6	Metternicht, G. - Vegetation indices derived from high-resolution airborne videography for precision crop management	2003
7	Rondeaux, GeneviÃ¨ve; Steven, Michael; Baret, FrÃ©dÃ©ric - Optimization of soil-adjusted vegetation indices	1996
8	Thenkabail, P. S.; Smith, R. B.; De Pauw, E. - Evaluation of narrowband and broadband vegetation indices for determining optimal hyperspectral wavebands for agricultural crop characterization	2002

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