Gaofen-1 GDVI

Green Difference Vegetation Index for Gaofen-1

Vegetation Satellite Provider: CNSA

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Applications

Vegetation Monitoring

Agriculture

Crop Development Monitoring

Forest Health Assessment

Environmental Monitoring

Quick Stats

Category: vegetation

Sensor: Gaofen-1

Provider: CNSA

Bands Used: 2

Description

Simple vegetation index that calculates the difference between near-infrared and green spectral bands. Useful for assessing vegetation health and density with straightforward band arithmetic.

Formulas

General Formula

Gaofen-1 Specific Formula

NIR - Green

Spectral Band Visualization

Band Wavelengths

Green: 510-580 nm

NIR: 770-900 nm

Code Examples

gdvi.py

References

Tucker et al. (1979)