Information for Sensor and Index

Formula

General Formula	$\frac{NIR - RED}{NIR + RED}$
Specific Formula	$\frac{7 - 6}{7 + 6}$
Calculated	Automatic
Comment

Sensor

Name	SeaWiFS
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	Normalized Difference NIR/Red Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Calibrated NDVI - CDVI
Abbreviation	NDVI
Formula	$\frac{NIR - RED}{NIR + RED}$
Variables	RED=[670;50;30],NIR=[800;10;10]
Expl. of Variables	mit RED = 620 bis 700 nm (um 670nm) und NIR = ca. 800nm
Wavelengths	670;50;30,800;10;10
Source	Original formula
Description

References

Nr.	Author/Title	Year	Comment
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
2	Gitelson, Anatoly A.; Merzlyak, Mark N.; Zur, Y.; Stark, R.; Gritz, U. - Non-destructive and remote sensing techniques for estimation of vegetation status	2001
3	Zarco-Tejada P.J.; Sepulcre-CantÃ³, G. - REMOTE SENSING OF VEGETATION BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS FOR DETECTING STRESS CONDITION AND LAND COVER CHANGES	2007

Visualisation

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