The following spectral indices from plantCV are currently available in RAYN Vision Analytics. Please contact us if you are missing an important index, you want us to add to the list.
(original list from plantCV documentation is available HERE)
Calculates the Anthocyanin Reflectance Index using reflectance values (Gitelson et al., 2001):
ARI = (1 / R550) - (1 / R700)
Calculates the Carotenoid Reflectance Index 700 using reflectance values (Gitelson et al., 2002a):
CRI700 = (1 / R510) - (1 / R700)
Calculates the Enhanced Vegetation index using reflectance values (Huete et al., 1997):
EVI = (2.5 * (NIR - RED)) / (1 + NIR + (6 * RED) - (7.5 * BLUE))
Calculates the Green Leaf index using RGB values (Louhaichi et al., 2001):
GLI = (2 * GREEN - RED - BLUE) / (2 * GREEN + RED + BLUE)
Calculates the Green Difference Vegetation Index using reflectance values (Sripada et al., 2006):
GDVI = (NIR - GREEN) / (NIR + GREEN)
Calculates the Modified Anthocyanin Reflectance Index using reflectance values (Gitelson et al., 2006):
MARI = ((1 / R550) - (1 / R700)) * R800
Calculates the Modified Chlorophyll Absorption Reflectance Index using reflectance values (Daughtry et al., 2000):
MCARI = ((R700 - R670) - 0.2 * (R700 - R550)) * (R700 / R670)
Calculates the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index using reflectance values (Rouse et al., 1974):
NDVI = (NIR - RED) / (NIR + RED)
Calculates the Photochemical Reflectance Index using reflectance values (Penuelas et al., 1995a):
PRI = (R531 - R570) / (R531 + R570)
Calculates the Pigment Specific Normalized Difference for Chlorophyll a using reflectance values (Blackburn 1998):
PSND_CHLA = (R800 - R680) / (R800 + R680)
Calculates the Pigment Specific Normalized Difference for Chlorophyll b using reflectance values (Blackburn 1998):
PSND_CHLB = (R800 - R635) / (R800 + R635)
Calculates the Pigment Specific Normalized Difference for Caroteniods using reflectance values (Blackburn 1998):
PSND_CAR = (R800 - R470) / (R800 + R470)
Calculates the Plant Senescence Reflectance Index using reflectance values (Merzlyak et al., 1999):
PSRI = (R678 - R500) / R750
Calculates the Pigment Specific Simple Ratio for Chlorophyll a using reflectance values (Blackburn 1998):
PSSR_CHLA = R800 / R680
Calculates the Pigment Specific Simple Ratio for Chlorophyll b using reflectance values (Blackburn 1998):
PSSR_CHLB = R800 / R635
Calculates the Pigment Specific Simple Ratio for Caroteniods using reflectance values (Blackburn 1998):
PSSR_CAR = R800 / R470
Calculates the Red:Green Ratio Index for anthocyanin using reflectance values (Gamon and Surfus 1999):
RGRI = RED / GREEN
Calculates the Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index using reflectance values (Huete 1988):
SAVI = (1.5 * (NIR - RED)) / (NIR + RED + 0.5)
Calculates the Structure-Independent Pigment Index using reflectance values (Penuelas et al., 1995b):
SIPI = (NIR - RED) / (NIR - BLUE)
Calculates the Simple Ratio using reflectance values (Jordan 1969):
SR = NIR / RED
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Gamon JA, Surfus JS. 1999. Assessing leaf pigment content and activity with a reflectometer. The New Phytologist 143:105–117. DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00424.x.
Gitelson AA, Zur Y, Chivkunova OB, Merzlyak MN. 2002. Assessing carotenoid content in plant leaves with reflectance spectroscopy. Photochemistry and Photobiology 75:272–281. DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)0750272ACCIPL2.0.CO2.
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Gitelson AA, Viña A, Arkebauer TJ, Rundquist DC, Keydan G, Leavitt B. 2003. Remote estimation of leaf area index and green leaf biomass in maize canopies. Geophysical Research Letters 30. DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016450.
Gitelson AA, Keydan GP, Merzlyak MN. 2006. Three-band model for noninvasive estimation of chlorophyll, carotenoids, and anthocyanin contents in higher plant leaves. Geophysical Research Letters 33:239. DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026457.
Gitelson AA, Merzlyak MN, Chivkunova OB. 2007. Optical properties and nondestructive estimation of anthocyanin content in plant Leaves. Photochemistry and Photobiology 74:38–45. DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)0740038OPANEO2.0.CO2.
Huete AR. 1988. A soil-adjusted vegetation index (SAVI). Remote Sensing of Environment 25:295–309. DOI: 10.1016/0034-4257(88)90106-X.
Huete AR, HuiQing Liu, van Leeuwen WJD. 1997. The use of vegetation indices in forested regions: issues of linearity and saturation. In: IGARSS’97. 1997 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development. 1966–1968 vol.4. DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.1997.609169.
Jordan CF. 1969. Derivation of leaf-area index from quality of light on the forest floor. Ecology 50:663–666. DOI: 10.2307/1936256.
Louhaichi, M., Borman, M.M., Johnson, D.E., 2001. Spatially Located Platform and Aerial Photography for Documentation of Grazing Impacts on Wheat. Geocarto International, Volume 16(1), pp. 65–70. DOI: 10.1080/10106040108542184
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Merzlyak MN, Gitelson AA, Chivkunova OB, Rakitin VYU. 1999. Non-destructive optical detection of pigment changes during leaf senescence and fruit ripening. Physiologia Plantarum 106:135–141. DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1999.106119.x.
Penuelas, J., Gamon, J.A., Fredeen, A.L., Merino, J., Field, C.B., 1994. Reflectance indices associated with physiological changes in nitrogen and water limited sunflower leaves. Remote Sensing of Environment 48 (2), 135–146. DOI: 10.1016/0034-4257(94)90136-8
Penuelas J, Filella I, Gamon JA. 1995. Assessment of photosynthetic radiation-use efficiency with spectral reflectance. The New Phytologist 131:291–296. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1995.tb03064.x.
Penuelas J, Baret F, Filella I. 1995. Semi-empirical indices to assess carotenoids/chlorophyll-a ratio from leaf spectral reflectance. Photosynthetica 31:221–230. LINK.
Penuelas J, Pinol J, Ogaya R, Filella I. 1997. Estimation of plant water concentration by the reflectance Water Index WI (R900/R970). International Journal of Remote Sensing 18:2869–2875. DOI: 10.1080/014311697217396.
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