Landsat 8/9 GDVI

Green Difference Vegetation Index for Landsat 8/9

Vegetation Satellite Provider: USGS/NASA

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Applications

Vegetation Monitoring

Agriculture

Crop Development Monitoring

Forest Health Assessment

Environmental Monitoring

Quick Stats

Category: vegetation

Sensor: Landsat 8/9

Provider: USGS/NASA

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

Landsat 8/9 Specific Formula

B5 - B3

Spectral Band Visualization

Band Wavelengths

Green: 510-580 nm

NIR: 770-900 nm

Code Examples

gdvi.py

References

Tucker et al. (1979)