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. 2021 Jan 22;21(3):742. doi: 10.3390/s21030742

Table 2.

Extraction of vegetation indices (VIs) from hyperspectral imagery data.

No. Vegetation Index Acronym Equation References
Pigment
1 Anthocyanin (Gitelson) AntGitelson AntGitelson = (1/R550 − 1/R700) × R780 [52]
2 Chlorophyll Index CI CI = (R750 − R705)/(R750 + R705) [53]
3 Optimized Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index OSAVI OSAVI = (1 + 0.16) × (R800 − R670)/(R800 + R670 + 0.16) [54]
4 Red–Green Index RGI RGI = R690/R550 [55]
5 Structure Intensive Pigment Index SIPI SIPI = (R800 − R450)/(R800 + R650) [56]
6 Transformed Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index TCARI TCARI = 3 × ((R700 − R670) − 0.2 × (R700 − R550) × (R700/R670)) [57]
7 Nitrogen Reflectance Index (NRI) NRI NRI = (R570 − R670)/(R570 + R670) [58]
8 Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index mCARI mCARI = 1.2 × (2.5 × (R761 − R651) − 1.3 × (R761 − R581)) [59]
9 Photochemical Reflectance Index PRI PRI = (R531 − R570)/(R531 + R570) [60]
10 Ratio Analysis of Reflectance of Spectral Chlorophyll a RARSa RARSa = R675/R700 [61]
11 Ratio Analysis of Reflectance of Spectral Chlorophyll b RARSb RARSb = R675/(R700 × R650) [61]
12 Ratio Analysis of Reflectance of Spectral Chlorophyll b RARSc RARSc = R760/R500 [61]
13 Pigment-Specific Simple Ratio PSSR PSSR = R800/R680 [62]
14 Plant Senescence Reflectance Index PSRI PSRI = (R660 − R510)/R760 [63]
15 Normalized Chlorophyll Pigment Ratio Index NCPI NCPI = (R670 − R450)/(R670 + R450) [56]
16 Plant Pigment Ratio PPR PPR = (R550 − R450)/(R550 + R450) [64]
Structure
17 Normalized Difference Vegetation Index NDVI NDVI = (R860 − R670)/(R860 + R670) [65]
18 Greenness Index GI GI = R554/R677 [55]
19 Green NDVI GNDVI GNDVI = (R750 − R540 + R570)/(R750 + R540 − R570) [66]
20 Simple Ratio SR SR = R900/R680 [67]
21 Red-Edge NDVI RNDVI RNDVI = (R750 − R705)/(R750 + R705) [68]
22 Modified Triangular Vegetation Index MTVI MTVI = 1.2 × (1.2 × (R800 − R550) − 2.5 × (R670 − R550)) [59]
23 Triangular Vegetation Index TVI TVI = 0.5 × (120 × (R761 − R581) − 200(R651 − R581)) [69]
Physiology
24 Fluorescence Ratio Index 1 FRI1 FRI1 = R690/R630 [70]
25 Fluorescence Ratio Index 2 FRI2 FRI2 = R750/R800 [71]
26 Fluorescence Ratio Index 3 FRI3 FRI3 = R690/R600 [72]
27 Fluorescence Ratio Index 4 FRI4 FRI4 = R740/R800 [72]
28 Fluorescence Curvature Index FCI FCI = R2683/(R675×R691) [70]
29 Modified Red-Edge Simple Ratio Index mRESR mRESR = (R750 − R445)/(R705 + R445) [73]
30 Normalized Pheophytization Index NPQI NPQI = (R415 − R435)/(R415 + R435) [74]
31 Red-Edge Vegetation Stress Index 1 RVS1 RVS1 = ((R651 + R750)/2) − R733 [75]
32 Red-Edge Vegetation Stress Index 2 RVS2 RVS2 = ((R651 + R750)/2) − R751 [75]
Water content
33 Water Index WI WI = R900/R970 [76]
34 Water Stress and Canopy Temperature WSCT WSCT = (R970 − R850)/(R970 + R850) [77]