Process / pipelineRemote sensing vegetation monitoring

NDVI

The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is a spectral index computed from satellite or aerial multispectral imagery that quantifies vegetation greenness and vigor. Introduced by Rouse and colleagues in 1973 using Landsat data, NDVI has become the most widely used remote sensing metric for vegetation monitoring, drought assessment, crop productivity forecasting, and land cover change detection.

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  1. Rouse, J. W., Haas, R. H., Schell, J. A., & Deering, D. W. (1973). Monitoring vegetation systems in the Great Plains with ERTS. Third Earth Resources Technology Satellite Symposium Proceedings, 1, 309-317. link
  2. Jackson, R. D. (1983). Spectral indices in n-space. Remote Sensing of Environment, 13(5), 409-421. DOI: 10.1016/0034-4257(83)90010-X

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ScholarGateNDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/geophysics/ndvi