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. 2018 Dec 21;19(1):35. doi: 10.3390/s19010035

Table 1.

Published spectral indices tested in this study.

Define Formula Related to Reference
Structural Independent Pigment Index, SIPI (R800 − R445)/(R800 − R680) Pigment content [4,29]
Photochemical Reflectance Index, PRI (R570 − R531)/(R570 + R531) Photosynthetic radiation [30,31]
Transformed Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index, TCARI 3((R700 − R675) − 0.2(R700 − R500)/(R700/R670)) Chlorophyll a + b concentration [32]
Normalized difference vegetation index, NDVI (R830 − R675)/(R830 + R675) Leaf area index; photosynthetically active radiation
(PAR) or biomass (PAB)
[16]
Normalized Pigment Chlorophyll Index, NPCI (R680 − R430)/(R680 + R430) Chlorophyll ratio [4]
Plant senescence reflectance index, PSRI (R680 − R500)/R750 Pigment content; leaf senescence and ripening [17]
Physiological Reflectance Index, PhRI (R550 − R531)/(R550 + R531) Light use efficiency [30]
Anthocyanin Reflectance Index, ARI (R550)−1 − (R700)−1 Anthocyanin content [10,33]
Modified Simple Ratio, MSR (R800/R670 − 1)/sqrt(R800/R670 + 1) Leaf area [34]
Ratio Vegetation Structure Index, RVSI (R712 + R752)/2) − R732 Internal structure parameter [35]
Modified Chlorophyll Absorption Reflectance index, MCARI ((R701 − R671) − 0.2(R701 − R549))/(R701/R671) Chlorophyll absorption [36]
Yellow rust index, YRI (R730 − R419)/(R730 + R419) + 0.5R736 Wheat disease [31]
Greenness index, GI R554/R677 Pigment content [37]
Triangular vegetation index, TVI 0.5(120(R750 − R550) − 200((R670 − R550)) Plant status [38]
Nitrogen reflectance index, NRI (R570 − R670)/(R570 + R670) Nitrogen status [39]