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 QuickBird
Full Name QuickBird
Bands 5
Spectrum [nm] 450-900
Spat.Res. [m] 0.6-2.4
Inclination 97.2
Platform Earth Watch
Operator GeoEye
Date of Launch 2001-10-18
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 Lee, W. S.; Alchanatis, V.; Yang, C.; Hirafuji, M.; Moshou, D.; Li, C. - Sensing technologies for precision specialty crop production 2010
2 Wu, Jindong; Wang, Dong; Bauer, Marvin E. - Assessing broadband vegetation indices and QuickBird data in estimating leaf area index of corn and potato canopies 2007

Visualisation

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