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. 2019 May 3;7:e6926. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6926

Table 1. Common spectral indices.

Indices Formulations References
NDVI (R800 − R680)/(R800 + R680) (Haboudane et al., 2004)
NDVI705 (R750 − R705)/(R750 + R705) (Sims & Gamon, 2002)
RVI R800/R680 (Sims & Gamon, 2002)
NDCI (R762 − R527)/(R762 + R527) (Liang et al., 2015)
GNDVI (R750 − R550)/(R750 + R550) (Yao et al., 2017)
OSAVI [(1 + 0.16)(R800 − R670)]/(R800 + R670 + 0.16) (Haboudane et al., 2002)
NDRE (R740 − R705)/(R740 + R705) (Broge & Leblanc, 2001)
mNDVI705 (R750 − R705)/(R750 + R705 + 2R445) (Liang et al., 2015)
VOG1 R740/R720 (Vogelmann, Rock & Moss, 1993)
VOG3 (R734 − R747)/(R715 + R720) (Vogelmann, Rock & Moss, 1993)
VOG2 (R734 − R747)/(R715 + R726) (Vogelmann, Rock & Moss, 1993)
CARI (R700 − R670)/0.2(R700 + R670) (Main et al., 2011)
MTVI1 1.2[1.2(R800 − R550) − 2.5(R670 − R550)] (Haboudane et al., 2004)
TVI 0.5[120(R750 − R550) − 2.5(R670 − R550)] (Broge & Leblanc, 2001)
DVI R800 − R680 (Tian et al., 2011)
RDVI (R800 − R670)/(R800 + R670)0.5 (Yao et al., 2017)
SPVI 1.48(R800 − R670) − 1.2|R530 − R670| (Main et al., 2011)
WI/NDVI (R900/R970)/[(R800 − R680)/(R800 + R680)] (McCall et al., 2017)
EVI 2.5(R800 − R670)/(R800 − 6R670 − 7.5R475 + 1) (Huete et al., 1997)
NVI (R777 − R747)/R673 (Gupta, Vijayan & Prasad, 2001)
MSAVI 0.5(2R800 + 1 − [(2R800 + 1)2 − 8(R800 − R670)]0.5) (Tian et al., 2011)
WI R900/R970 (Peñuelas et al., 1993)
REP 700 + [40(R670 + R780)/2 − R700]/(R740 − R700) (Gupta, Vijayan & Prasad, 2001)
PRI (R531 − R570)/(R531 + R570) (Sims & Gamon, 2002)
MTVI2 1.5[1.2(R800R550)2.5(R670R550)][(2R800+1)2(6R8005R670)0.5]0.5 (Yao et al., 2017)
TCARI2 3[R750 − R705 − 0.2(R750 − R550)(R750/R705)] (Wu et al., 2008)
TCARI/OSAVI TCARI/OSAVI (Wu et al., 2008)
MCARI/OSAVI MCARI/OSAVI (McCall et al., 2017)
TCAR1 3[(R700 − R670) − 0.2(R700 − R550)(R700/R670)] (Haboudane et al., 2002)
MCARI [(R700 − R670) − 0.2(R700 − R550)(R700/R670)] (Haboudane et al., 2002)