Significant Remote Sensing Vegetation Indices: A Review of Developments and Applications

Vegetation Indices (VIs) obtained from remote sensing based canopies are quite simple and effective algorithms for quantitative and qualitative evaluations of vegetation cover, vigor, and growth dynamics, among other applications. These indices have been widely implemented within RS applications using different airborne and satellite platforms with recent advances using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). Up to date, there is no unified mathematical expression that defines all VIs due to the complexity of different light spectra combinations, instrumentation, platforms, and resolutions used. Therefore, customized algorithms have been developed and tested against a variety of applications according to specific…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 41401391, 2013BSJJ017, S2016YFNY0066, 2016YFD0200601, 2014YB071
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  National Key Research and Development Program of China

  Awards: 2016YFD0200601, S2016YFNY0066, 2014YB071, 41401391, 2013BSJJ017
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  Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

  Awards: 2016YFD0200601, 2013BSJJ017, 41401391, 2014YB071, S2016YFNY0066
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  Key Science and Technology Program of Shaanxi Province