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BWDRVIBlue Wide Dynamic Range Vegetation Index

Vegetation

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Formula

(alpha * N - B) / (alpha * N + B)

Classification

Application domain: Vegetation
Sensing modalities: Multispectral

Bands

N: Near-Infrared (NIR).
B: Blue.

Polarizations

No radar polarizations are used in this index.

Constants

alpha

NIR reflectance scalar.

Default value0.01

Suggested values

Dense biomass/High yield: 0.01
Low-to-moderate biomass: 0.1
Moderate biomass: 0.05

Contributor

Index contributed by https://github.com/davemlz on 2021-09-20.