Information for Sensor and Index

Formula

General Formula	$(1 + Y) \frac{800nm - 670nm}{800nm + 670nm + Y}$
Specific Formula	$(1 + 0.16) \frac{near_infrared - red}{near_infrared + red + 0.16}$
Calculated	Automatic
Comment

Sensor

Name	SPOT 1-3
Full Name	Syst?me Probatoire d?Observation de la Terre, sp?ter: Satellite Pour l?Observation de la Terre
Bands	4
Spectrum [nm]	500-890
Spat.Res. [m]	10-20
Inclination	0
Platform	SPOT
Operator
Date of Launch	1968-02-22
Comment	Stereo capability, SPOT 2 not active since June 2009
Usable for Indices	yes
Description

Index

Name	Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index
Abbreviation	OSAVI
Formula	$(1 + Y) \frac{800nm - 670nm}{800nm + 670nm + Y}$
Variables	Y=0.16
Expl. of Variables	mit Y = 0.16
Wavelengths	670,800
Source	Original formula
Description

References

Nr.	Author/Title	Year	Comment
1	Rondeaux, Genevi?ve; Steven, Michael; Baret, Fr?d?ric - Optimization of soil-adjusted vegetation indices	1996
2	Zarco-Tejada P.J.; Sepulcre-Cant?, G. - REMOTE SENSING OF VEGETATION BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS FOR DETECTING STRESS CONDITION AND LAND COVER CHANGES	2007

Visualisation

Sensor

Index