EVT 571

REMOTE SENSING
LAB PARTICAL 4A AND 4B
SYLBIALIN AMIN
2014397391
AS2293C

introduction
The normalized difference vegetation index
(NDVI) is a simple graphical indicator that can be
used to analyze remote sensing measurements,
typically but not necessarily from a space platform,
and assess whether the target being observed
contains live green vegetation or not.

Empirically derivedNDVIproducts
have been shown to be unstable,
varying with soil colour, soil
moisture, and saturation effects
from high density vegetation. In an
attempt to improve NDVI, they has
developed a vegetation index that
accounted for the differential red
and
near-infrared
extinction
through the vegetation canopy. The
index is a transformation technique
that minimizes soil brightness
influences from spectral vegetation
indices involving red and nearinfrared (NIR) wavelengths.

Negative values of NDVI

(value -1) correspond to
water. Values close to zero
(-0.1 to 0.1) generally
correspond to barren areas
of rock, sand, or snow.
Lastly,
low,
positive
values represent shrub
and
grassland
(approximately 0.2 to
0.4), while high values
indicate
temperate
and
tropical
rainforests
An L value of 0.5
in
[
(values
approaching
reflectance
space was 1).
found to minimize soil
brightness variations and
eliminate the need for
additional calibration for
different soils. The
transformation was found
to nearly eliminate soilinduced variations in

Practical 7

Linear enhancement

Changes after the

formula key in.

Basic color:
Blue water body
Purple : urban
Light green :
vegetation
Dark green : forest

Pseudocolor

Vegetation Density map

Vegetation density map is

Index number :
Low : - 0.614901
( represent water)
Medium : 0.409695
( forest)
High : 0.849633
( forest)

Practical 8
RGB :
4,3,2

0.5 L
Basic color :
Blue :water body
Pink : urban
Yellow : vegetated
Green :forest

0.25 L

Basic color :
Blue : water
body
Purple : urban
Yellow :
vegetated
Green : forest

Soil Erosivity map

0.5 L
Types

Range

Index no.

Classes

Unwanted pixel

< 0.0

-0.923077 to 0.000558

Water(blue )

High erosivity

0.0 < H >

0.1

0.0080635
0.19774

Vegetated ( red )

Medium
erosivity

0.2 <M >

0.3

0.206362
0.396039

Urban area( purple)

Low erosivity

0.4 <L >

0.5

0.40466 1.26683

Forest (green)

0.25 L

Types

Range

Index no.

Classes

Unwanted pixel

< 0.0

-0.792682 to
-0.002348

Water(blue )

High erosivity

0.0 < H >

0.1

0.0049696
0.195235

Vegetated (purple)

Medium
erosivity

0.2 <M >

0.3

0.202553
0.392819

Urban area( green )

Low erosivity

0.4 <L >

0.5

0.400137 1.05875

Forest (red)

Conclusion
the vegetation density map using
Normalized Difference Vegetation
Indices (NDVI) was produced.
The Soil Adjusted Vegetation Indices
(SAVI) maps of 0.5 L and 0.25 L was
produced.

References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil-Ad
justed_Vegetation_Index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal
ized_Difference_Vegetation_Index