Denomination

Formula

Reference

RVI

Ratio

Vegetation Index

NIR R

(Jordan, 1969)

NDVI

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

NIR−R NIR+R

(Rouse et al., 1973)

PVI

Perpendicular Vegetation Index

NIR−aR−b a 2 +1

(Richardson & Wiegand, 1977)

SAVI

Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

NIR−R NIR+R ( 1+L )

(Huete, 1988)

TSAVI

Transformed Soi1 Adjusted Vegetation Index

a( NIR−aR−b ) R+aNIR−ab+0.08( 1+ a 2 )

(Baret et al., 1989)

ARVI

Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index

NI R * −R B * NI R * +R B *

(Kaufman & Tanre, 1992)

GEMI

Global Environment Monitoring Index

n( 1−0.25n )− R−0.125 1−R

where n= 2( ( NIR ) 2 − R 2 )+1.5NIR+0.5R NIR+R+0.5

(Pinty & Verstraete, 1992)