Vegetation Index (VGI)
[DOI: 10.57746/EO.01gs73b3y17efdvmj1ajftbfr2]
Introduction
| NDVI, EVI | Define | Indices indicating vegetation cover and activity such as NDVI and EVI |
| Unit | none | |
| ATBD |
Ver.1 (Nov. 2018) |
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| SDI | Define | An index indicating shadow fraction of vegetation area inferred from spectral reflectance. |
| Unit | none | |
| ATBD |
Ver.1 (Sep. 2014) Ver.2 (May 2020) Ver.3 (Oct. 2021) |
Update contents of Ver.2
- ・Modified the parameter of shadow index calculation
- ・Modified QA flag
Update contents of Ver.3
- ・Added Cosine_of_solar_incidence from slope normal to Geometry_data
- ・Modified QA_flag
- ・Modified SDI calculation parameters
Sample image
| File format | Ver.1 | Ver.2 | Ver.3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hdf5 |
TBU |
VGI_Q(250m) |
VGI_Q(250m) |
| Image |
TBU |
EVI(250m) NDVI(250m) SDI(250m) |
EVI(250m) NDVI(250m) SDI(250m) |
Dataset name
| Ver1,2,3 | Description |
|---|---|
| EVI | Enhanced Vegetation Index |
| NDVI | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
| QA_flag | |
| SDI | Shadow Index |
QA_flag information
Ver.1 Ver.2 Ver.3 Ver.1(Sample Image) Ver.2(Sample Image) Ver.3(Sample Image)
| Bit | Data name | Description | EVI_L3_mask* | NDVI_L3_mask* | SDI_L3_mask* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | no data | 1: VN08 and/or VN11 are error | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | land/water | 0: water >50%, 1: land > 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | mixed with land/water | 1: land and water > 1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | cloud | 1: cloud | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | probably cloud | 1: probably cloud | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | snow or ice | 1: snow or ice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | no data for EVI | 1: no data for EVI | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | no data for SDI | 1: no data for SDI | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | bad input for SW | 1: bad input for SW | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | bad input for VN | 1: bad input for VN | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | solar zenith angle >70 | 1: sza > 70° | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | sensor zenith angle >45 | 1: vza > 45° | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | EVI <-0.2 or EVI >1.0 | 1: EVI < -0.2 or 1.0 < EVI | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | large incident angle | 1: cos(incident angle) < 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | small NDVI | 1: NDVI < 0.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | anti solar side | 1: anti solar side | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Bits masked by statistical processing are indicated by 1.
Please refer to here to the detail information for QA flag.
| Bit | Data name | Description | EVI_L3_mask* | NDVI_L3_mask* | SDI_L3_mask* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | no data | 1: VN08 and/or VN11 are error | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | land/water | 0: water >50%, 1: land > 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | mixed with land/water | 1: land and water > 1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | cloud | 1: cloud | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | probably cloud | 1: probably cloud | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | snow or ice | 1: snow or ice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | shadow | 1: shadow | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | bad input for NDVI | 1: bad input for NDVI | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | bad input for SDI | 1: bad input for SDI | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | bad input for EVI | 1: bad input for EVI | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | solar zenith angle >70 | 1: sza > 70° | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | sensor zenith angle >30 | 1: vza > 30° | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | EVI <-0.2 or EVI >1.0 | 1: EVI < -0.2 or 1.0 < EVI | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | large incident angle | 1: cos(incident angle) < 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | small NDVI | 1: NDVI < 0.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | anti solar side | 1: anti solar side | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Bits masked by statistical processing are indicated by 1.
Please refer to here to the detail information for QA flag.
| Bit | Data name | Description | EVI_L3_mask* | NDVI_L3_mask* | SDI_L3_mask* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | no data | 1: VN08 and/or VN11 are error | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | land/water | 0: water >50%, 1: land > 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | mixed with land/water | 1: land and water > 1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | cloud | 1: cloud | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | probably cloud | 1: probably cloud | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | snow or ice | 1: snow or ice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | shadow | 1: shadow | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | bad input for NDVI | 1: bad input for NDVI | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | bad input for SDI | 1: bad input for SDI | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | bad input for EVI | 1: bad input for EVI | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | solar zenith angle >70 | 1: sza > 70° | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | sensor zenith angle >30 | 1: vza > 30° | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | EVI <-0.2 or EVI >1.0 | 1: EVI < -0.2 or 1.0 < EVI | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | large incident angle | 1: cos(incident angle) < 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | small NDVI | 1: NDVI < 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | anti solar side | 1: anti solar side | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Bits masked by statistical processing are indicated by 1.
Please refer to here to the detail information for QA flag.
*Download:QA_flag(Ver1)
Attribute information
How to use
- ・Physical quantity＝DN*slope + offset
- ・Valid values are during Minimum_valid_DN～Maximum_valid_DN
- ・When using SDI (Shadow Index) as an index in the range of 0 to 1, please apply the above slope and offset, and then multiply it by 0.0001