IDB - Information for Sensor and Index

Name	LandsatETM+ (Landsat7)
Full Name	Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
Bands	8
Spectrum [nm]	450-12500
Spat.Res. [m]	15-60
Inclination	98.2
Platform	Landsat
Operator	NASA / USGS
Date of Launch	1999-04-15
Comment
Usable for Indices	yes
Description

Name	Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index
Abbreviation	SAVI
Formula	$\frac{800nm - 670nm}{800nm + 670nm + L} (1 + L)$
Variables	L = 0,5
Expl. of Variables	L = 0,5 (between -0,9 and 1,6)
Wavelengths	670,800
Source	Original formula
Description

Nr.	Author/Title	Year
1	Glenn, E. P.; Nagler, P. L.; Huete, A. R. - Vegetation Index Methods for Estimating Evapotranspiration by Remote Sensing	2010
2	Heiskanen, J. - Estimating aboveground tree biomass and leaf area index in a mountain birch forest using ASTER satellite data	2006
3	Karnieli, A.; Kaufman, Y. J.; Remer, L.; Wald, A. - AFRI - aerosol free vegetation index	2001
4	Lee, W. S.; Alchanatis, V.; Yang, C.; Hirafuji, M.; Moshou, D.; Li, C. - Sensing technologies for precision specialty crop production	2010
5	Lymburner, L.; Beggs, PJ.; Jacobson, CR. - Estimation of canopy-average surface-specific leaf area using Landsat TM data	2000
6	Metternicht, G. - Vegetation indices derived from high-resolution airborne videography for precision crop management	2003
7	Rondeaux, GeneviÃ¨ve; Steven, Michael; Baret, FrÃ©dÃ©ric - Optimization of soil-adjusted vegetation indices	1996
8	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

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