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. 2021 Jan 28;9:e10652. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10652

Table 2. Equations used to calculate vegetation indices.

Indices Formula References
NDVI (R800* – R670)/(R800 + R670) Tucker (1979)
EVI 2.5 × ((R800 − R670)/(R800 + 6 × R670 − 7.5 × R470 + 1)) Huete et al. (2002)
PRI (R570 − R531)/(R531 + R570) Gamon, Peñuelas & Field (1992)
NDWI (R860 − R1,240)/(R860 − R1,240) Gao (1996)
mNDWI (R1,280 − R1,450)/(R1,280 + R1,450) Xu (2006)

Note:

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The R470, R531, R570, R670, R800, R860, R1,240, and R1,450 represent the reflectance values at 470, 531, 570, 670, 800, 860, 1,240, and 1,450 nm, respectively.