Information for Sensor and Index

Formula

General Formula ( 1 + Y ) ⁢ 800nm - 670nm 800nm + 670nm + Y
Specific Formula ( 1 + 0.16 ) ⁢ Near_Infrared - Red Near_Infrared + Red + 0.16
Calculated Automatic
Comment

Sensor

Name RapidEye
Full Name TACHYS (Rapid), MATI (Eye), CHOMA (Earth), CHOROS (Space), TROCHIA (Orbit)
Bands 5
Spectrum [nm] 440-850
Spat.Res. [m] 5-5
Inclination 0
Platform
Operator Rapid eye AG
Date of Launch 2008-08-29
Comment
Usable for Indices yes
Description

Index

Name Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index
Abbreviation OSAVI
Formula ( 1 + Y ) ⁢ 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 Eitel, J. U. H.; Long, D. S.; Gessler, P. E.; Smith, A. M. S. - Using insitu measurements to evaluate the new RapidEye™ satellite series for prediction of wheat nitrogen status 2007
2 Main, Russell; Cho, Moses Azong; Mathieu, Renaud; O’Kennedy, Martha M.; Ramoelo, Abel; Koch, Susan - An investigation into robust spectral indices for leaf chlorophyll estimation 2011

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