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. 2020 Jan 17;10:1672. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01672

Table 3.

List of spectral vegetation indices considered in this study.

Index Full name Spectral band group Equation Reference (IDB: Index database)
NWI-1 Normalized water index 1 NIR (R970 − R900)/(R970 + R900) (Babar et al., 2006b; Babar et al., 2007)
NWI-2 Normalized water index 2 NIR (R970 − R850)/(R970 + R850) (Babar et al., 2006b; Babar et al., 2007)
NWI-3 Normalized water index 3 NIR (R970 − R920)/(R970 + R9200) (Babar et al., 2007)
NWI-4 Normalized water index 4 NIR (R970 − R880)/(R970 + R880) (Babar et al., 2007)
NWI-5 Normalized water index 5 NIR (R970 − R930)/(R970 + R930) (Prey and Schmidhalter, 2019b)
WBI Water band index NIR R900/R970 (Peñuelas et al., 1993)
EVI Enhanced vegetation index NIR, VIS 2.5(R864R670)(R864+6R6707.5R420+1) (Huete et al., 2002)
GNDVI Green NDVI NIR, VIS (R780 − R550)/(R780 + R550) (Gitelson et al., 1996a)
MCARI1 Modified chlorophyll absorption in reflectance index 1 NIR, VIS 1.2∗(2.5(R800 − R670) − 1.3∗(R800 − R550)) (Haboudane et al., 2004)
MCARI2 Modified chlorophyll absorption in reflectance index 2 NIR, VIS 1.5(2.5(R800R670)1.3(R800R550))(((2R800+1)2(6R8005R6700.5)0.50.5) (Haboudane et al., 2004)
MSAVI Modified soil-adjusted vegetation index NIR, VIS (2∗R800 + 1 − (((2∗R800 + 1)2 − 8∗(R800 − R670))0.5))/2 (Broge and Leblanc, 2001)
MSR(MSR670) Modified simple ratio 670 NIR, VIS (R800/R6701)((R800/R670+1)0.5) (Chen, 1996)
MTVI2 Modified triangular vegetation Index 2 NIR, VIS 1.5(1.2(R800R550)2.5(R670R550))(((2R800+1)2(6R8005R6700.50.5))0.5) (Haboudane et al., 2004)
NDVI1 Normalized difference 1 NIR, VIS (R864 − R670)/(R864 + R670) (Cristiano et al., 2010)
NDVI2 Normalized difference 2 NIR, VIS (R780 − R670)/(R780 + R670) (Erdle et al., 2013a; Erdle et al., 2013b)
NDVI3 Normalized difference 3 NIR, VIS (R900 − R670)/(R900 + R670) (Zhao et al., 2004)
OSAVI Optimized soil-adjusted vegetation index NIR, VIS (1+0.16)(R800R670)(R800+R670+0.16) (Li et al., 2010)
PSSR Pigment specific simple ratio NIR, VIS R800/R500 (Ustin et al., 2009)
R780/R550 NIR, VIS R780/R550 (Takebe et al., 1990)
R780/R670 NIR, VIS R780/R670 (Pearson and Miller, 1972)
WDRVI Wide dynamic range vegetation index NIR, VIS (0.1R780R670)(0.1R780+R670) (Gitelson, 2004)
ARI Anthocyanin reflectance index VIS 1/R550 − 1/R700 (Gitelson et al., 2001)
BGI Blue green pigment index VIS R450/R550 (Zarco-Tejada et al., 2005)
BRI Blue red pigment index VIS R450/R690 (Zarco-Tejada et al., 2005)
PRI Photochemical reflectance index VIS (R531 − R570)/(R531 + R570) (Peñuelas et al., 1995)
VARIgreen Visible atmospherically resistant vegetation index green VIS (R550 − R670)/(R550 + R670 − R470) (Gitelson et al., 2002)
NDRE Normalized difference NIR/Red edge index NIR, RE (R790 − R720)/R790 + R720) (Barnes et al., 2000)
R780/R740 NIR, RE R780/R740 (Mistele et al., 2004)
NDRE_770_750 NIR, RE (R770 − R750)/(R770 + R750) (Prey and Schmidhalter, 2019b)
R787/R765 NIR, RE R787/R765 (Fava et al., 2009)
LCI Leaf chlorophyll index NIR, RE, VIS (R850 − R710)/(R850 + R680) IDB
Maccioni Maccioni index NIR, RE, VIS (R780 − R710)/(R780 − R680) (Maccioni et al., 2001)
REIP Red edge inflection point NIR, RE, VIS 700+40(R670+R7802)R700(R740R700) (Guyot et al., 1988)
TCARI/OSAVI NIR, RE, VIS 3((R700R670)0.2(R700R550)R700/R670)((1+0.16)(R800R670)/(R800+R670+0.16)) (Haboudane et al., 2002)
HVI Hyperspectral vegetation index RE R750/R700 (Gitelson et al., 1996b)
R760/R730 RE R760/R730 (Mistele and Schmidhalter, 2010; Jasper et al., 2009)
RVSI Red edge vegetation stress index RE (R714 + R752)/2 − R733 (Merton, 1998)
VOG1 Vogelmann 1 RE R740/R720 (Vogelmann et al., 1993)
VOG2 Vogelmann 2 RE (R734 − R747)/(R715 + R726) (Vogelmann et al., 1993)
DD Double difference index RE, VIS (R749 − R720) − (R701 − R672) (Le Maire et al., 2004)
MCARI Modified chlorophyll absorption in reflectance index RE, VIS ((R700 − R670) − 0.2∗(R700 − R550))∗(R700/R670) (Daughtry et al., 2000)
MND_750_705 Modified normalized difference 750/705 RE, VIS (R750R705)(R750+R7052R445) (Sims and Gamon, 2002)
MSR_705_445 Modified simple ratio 705/445 RE, VIS (R750 − R445)/(R705 − R445) (Sims and Gamon, 2002)
MTCI MERIS terrestrial chlorophyll index RE, VIS (R750 − R710)/(R710 − R680) (Dash and Curran, 2003)
NDVI4 Normalized difference 4 RE, VIS (R750 − R705)/(R750 + R705) (Gitelson and Merzlyak, 1994)
PSRI Plant senescence reflectance index RE, VIS (R680 − R500)/R750 (Sims and Gamon, 2002)
R730/R670 RE, VIS R730/R670 (Mistele and Schmidhalter, 2010)
R760/R670 RE, VIS R760/R670 (Erdle et al., 2011)

No full names are available for simple ratio indices named by their spectral bands. “R” denotes the reflection in indicated wavebands.