savi

SAVI (Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index)

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Empirically derived NDVI products have been shown to be unstable, varying with soil colour, soil moisture, and saturation effects from high density vegetation. In an attempt to improve NDVI, Huete [1] developed a vegetation index that accounted for the differential red and near-infrared extinction through the vegetation canopy. The index is a transformation technique that minimizes soil brightness influences from spectral vegetation indices involving red and near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths.

References

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil-adjusted_vegetation_index

Description of representative images

SAVI, Italy. Acquired on 08.10.2017, processed by Sentinel Hub.