SEVIRI

 

NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index; Tucker, 1979)

 

NDVI is estimated as:

where ρ1 and ρ2 correspond to atmospherically corrected reflectances for for MSG-SEVIRI bands Vis08 (near infrared) and Vis06 (red) respectively.

 

 

Reference

 

Tucker, C. J. (1979). Red and Photographic Infrared Linear Combinations for Monitoring Vegetation, Remote Sensing of Environment, 8 (2), 127-150.