Information for Sensor and Index

Formula

General Formula 2.5 ⁢ NIR - RED ( NIR + 6 ⁢ RED - 7.5 ⁢ BLUE ) + 1
Specific Formula 2.5 ⁢ 5 - 14 ( 5 + 6 ⁢ 14 - 7.5 ⁢ 9 ) + 1
Calculated Automatic
Comment

Sensor

Name MODIS
Full Name Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
Bands 36
Spectrum [nm] 405-14385
Spat.Res. [m] 250-1000
Inclination 0
Platform Terra / Aqua
Operator NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Date of Launch 1999-12-18
Comment Terra: Date of launch: 18 December 1999 - operating nominally in 2012 Aqua: Date of launch: 4 May 2002 - operating nominally in 2012
Usable for Indices yes
Description

Index

Name Enhanced Vegetation Index
Abbreviation EVI
Formula 2.5 ⁢ NIR - RED ( NIR + 6 ⁢ RED - 7.5 ⁢ BLUE ) + 1
Variables
Expl. of Variables
Wavelengths 420:480,640:760,780:1400
Source Original formula
Description

References

Nr. Author/Title Year Comment
1 Dorigo, W. A.; Zurita-Milla, R.; de Wit, A. J. W.; Brazile, J.; Singh, R.; Schaepman, M. E. - A review on reflective remote sensing and data assimilation techniques for enhanced agroecosystem modeling 2007
2 Glenn, E. P.; Nagler, P. L.; Huete, A. R. - Vegetation Index Methods for Estimating Evapotranspiration by Remote Sensing 2010
3 Glenn, Edward; Huete, Alfredo; Nagler, Pamela; Nelson, Stephen - Review - Relationship Between Remotely-sensed Vegetation Indices, Canopy Attributes and Plant Physiological Processes: What Vegetation Indices Can and Cannot Tell Us About the Landscape 2008
4 Huete, A.; Didan, K.; Miura, T.; Rodriguez, E. P.; Gao, X.; Ferreira, L. G. - Overview of the radiometric and biophysical performance of the MODIS vegetation indices 2002
5 Hüttich, Christian; Gessner, Ursula; Herold, Martin; Strohbach, Ben; Schmidt, Michael; Keil, Manfred; Dech, Stefan - On the Suitability of MODIS Time Series Metrics to Map Vegetation Types in Dry Savanna Ecosystems: A Case Study in the Kalahari of NE Namibia 2009
6 Miura, T.; Yoshioka, H.; Fujiwara, K.; Yamamoto, H., - Inter-Comparison of ASTER and MODIS Surface Reflectance and Vegetation Index Products for Synergistic Applications to Natural Resource Monitoring 2008
7 Nagler, Pamela L.; Scott, Russell L.; Westenburg, Craig; Cleverly, James R.; Glenn, Edward P.; Huete, Alfredo R. - Evapotranspiration on western U.S. rivers estimated using the Enhanced Vegetation Index from MODIS and data from eddy covariance and Bowen ratio flux towers 2005

Visualisation

Sensor


Index