Landsat 8/9 GVI

Tasselled Cap - vegetation for Landsat 8/9

Vegetation Satellite Provider: USGS/NASA

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Applications

Vegetation density assessment

Forest monitoring

Agricultural crop analysis

Land cover classification

Quick Stats

Category: vegetation

Sensor: Landsat 8/9

Provider: USGS/NASA

Bands Used: 6

Description

The vegetation component of the Tasselled Cap transformation, which measures the amount of green vegetation present. High values indicate dense, healthy vegetation.

Formulas

General Formula

Landsat 8/9 Specific Formula

-0.2848 * B1 - 0.2435 * B3 - 0.5436 * B4 + 0.7243 * B5 + 0.0840 * B6 - 0.1800 * B7

Spectral Band Visualization

Band Wavelengths

blue: 450-520

green: 520-600

red: 630-690

nir: 760-900

swir1: 1550-1750

swir2: 2080-2350

Code Examples

gvi_tc.py

References

Bannari et al. (1995). A review of vegetation indices.

Crist & Cicone (1984). A Physically-Based Transformation of Thematic Mapper Data---The TM Tasseled Cap.