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Lecture 3: Vegetation Sampling - Alaska Geobotany Center

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The difference in the <br />

reflectance in the NIR and <br />

red regions is the numerator <br />

of the NDVI. <br />

The sum of these <br />

reflectances is the numerator <br />

which normalizes the value <br />

and corrects for shadows and <br />

different slope aspects. <br />

(http://internet1-ci.cst.cnes.fr:8100/cdrom/ceos1/titlep.htm)<br />

Normalized Difference <strong>Vegetation</strong> Index, NDVI = (NIR – R) / (NIR + R)

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