Vegetation Index | Abbreviation | Equation | References |
Red Chromatic Coordinate Index | RCC | R/(R + G + B) | Woebbecke et al. (1995) |
Green Chromatic Coordinate Index | GCC | G/(R + G + B) | Woebbecke et al. (1995) |
Excess Green Index | ExG | (2G − B − R) | Woebbecke et al. (1995) |
Excess Green Index 2 | ExG2 | (2G − B − R)/(R + G + B) | Woebbecke et al. (1995) |
Excess Red Index | ExR | (1.4R − G)/(R + G + B) | Meyer et al. (1999) |
Excess Green minus Excess Red Index | ExGR | (ExG2 − ExR) | Meyer et al. (2006) |
Green Red Vegetation Index | GRVI | (G − R)/(G + R) | Hunt et al. (2005) |
Visible Band Difference Vegetation Index | VDVI | (2G − R − B)/(2G + R + B) | Xiaoqin et al. (2015) |
Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index | VARI | (G − R)/(G + R − B) | Gitelson et al. (2002) |
Modified Green Red Vegetation Index | MGRVI | (G2 − R2)/(G2 + R2) | Bendig et al. (2015) |
Color Index of Vegetation | CIVE | (0.441R − 0.881G + 0.385B + 18.747) | Kataoka et al. (2003) |
Vegetative Index | VEG | G/(R0.667 * B0.334) | Hague et al. (2006) |
Woebbecke Index | WI | (G − B)/(R − G) | Woebbecke et al. (1995) |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index | NDVI2 | (NIR − R)/(NIR + R) | Rouse et al. (1974) |
Red Edge Normalized Difference Vegetation Index | NDRE | (NIR − RE)/(NIR + RE) | Gitelson and Merzlyak (1994) |
Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index | GNDVI | (NIR − G)/(NIR + G) | Gitelson and Merzlyak (1994) |
Enhanced Vegetation Index 2 | EVI2 | 2.5 × (NIR − R)/(NIR + 2.4 × R + 1) | Huete et al. (2002) |
Red Edge Simple Ratio | SRRE | (NIR)/(RE) | Gitelson et al. (2005) |
Modified Simple Ratio | MSR | (NIR/R − 1)/[((NIR/R) + 1)1/2] | Wu et al. (2008) |
Green Chlorophyll Index | CIG | (NIR/G) − 1 | Gitelson et al. (2003) |
Red Edge Chlorophyll Index | CIRE | (NIR/RE) − 1 | Gitelson et al. (2003) |
Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index | MTCI | (NIR − RE)/(RE + R) | Dash and Curran (2004) |
Core Red Edge Triangular Vegetation Index | RTVIC | 100(NIR − RE) − 10(NIR − G) | Nicolas et al. (2010) |