2-band enhanced vegetation index without a blue band and its application to AVHRR data

Zhangyan Jiang; Alfredo R. Huete; Youngwook Kim; Kamel Didan

doi:10.1117/12.734933

9 October 2007 2-band enhanced vegetation index without a blue band and its application to AVHRR data

Zhangyan Jiang, Alfredo R. Huete, Youngwook Kim, Kamel Didan

Proceedings Volume 6679, Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability IV; 667905 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734933
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The enhanced vegetation index (EVI) has been found useful in improving linearity with biophysical vegetation properties and in reducing saturation effects found in densely vegetated surfaces, commonly encountered in the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). However, EVI requires a blue band and is sensitive to variations in blue band reflectance, which limits consistency of EVI across different sensors. The objectives of this study are to develop a 2-band EVI (EVI2) without a blue band that has the best similarity with the 3-band EVI, and to investigate the crosssensor continuity of the EVI2 from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). A linearity-adjustment factor (β) was introduced and coupled with the soil adjustment factor (L) used in the soil-adjusted vegetation index (SAVI) in the development of the EVI2 equation. The similarity between EVI and EVI2 was validated at the global scale. After a linear adjustment, the AVHRR EVI2 was found to be comparable with the MODIS EVI2. The good agreement between the AVHRR and MODIS EVI2 suggests the possibility of extending the current MODIS EVI time series to the historical AVHRR data, providing another longterm vegetation record different from the NDVI counterpart.

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Zhangyan Jiang, Alfredo R. Huete, Youngwook Kim, and Kamel Didan "2-band enhanced vegetation index without a blue band and its application to AVHRR data", Proc. SPIE 6679, Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability IV, 667905 (9 October 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734933

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