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Lecture 3: Vegetation Sampling - Alaska Geobotany Center

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Normalized Difference Vegeta4on <br />

Index (NDVI) <br />

• One of several spectral vegeta4on indices that use <br />

reflectance in variance bands of the total spectrum to <br />

determine and index of vegeta4ve abundance. <br />

• The NDVI is based on the principle that red, R, wavelengths <br />

(near 0.6µm) are absorbed by chloroplasts and mesophyll, <br />

while near infrared, NIR, wavelengths (0.7-­‐0.9µm) are <br />

reflected.

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