Information for Sensor and Index

Formula

General Formula 800nm - 670nm 800nm + 670nm + L ( 1 + L )
Specific Formula Near_Infrared - Red Near_Infrared + Red + L ( 1 + L )
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 Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index
Abbreviation SAVI
Formula 800nm - 670nm 800nm + 670nm + L ( 1 + L )
Variables L = 0,5
Expl. of Variables L = 0,5 (between -0,9 and 1,6)
Wavelengths 670,800
Source Original formula
Description

References

Nr. Author/Title Year Comment
1 Ehammer, Andrea; Fritsch, Sebastian; Conrad, Christopher; Lamers, John; Dech, Stefan - Statistical derivation of fPAR and LAI for irrigated cotton and rice in arid Uzbekistan by combining multi-temporal RapidEye data and ground measurements 2010

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