Red Edge NDVI
Compute the red edge normalized difference vegetation index as (NIR - red edge) / (NIR + red edge) from reflectances between zero and one, rejecting dark pixels whose reflectances sum to zero.
Description
Compute the red edge normalized difference vegetation index as (NIR - red edge) / (NIR + red edge) from reflectances between zero and one, rejecting dark pixels whose reflectances sum to zero.
Red Edge NDVI is a focused biology tool that compute the red edge normalized difference vegetation index as (NIR - red edge) / (NIR + red edge) from reflectances between zero and one, rejecting dark pixels whose reflectances sum to zero. It calculates locally from the values you enter and exposes the result without changing the source observations.1
When to use Red Edge NDVI
Use Red Edge NDVI when you need to compute the red edge normalized difference vegetation index as (NIR - red edge) / (NIR + red edge) from reflectances between zero and one, rejecting dark pixels whose reflectances sum to zero. Enter NIR reflectance and Red edge reflectance using the definitions and units below so the result can be reproduced.
- NIR reflectance
- Near-infrared reflectance between 0 and 1.
- Red edge reflectance
- Red edge reflectance between 0 and 1.
How Red Edge NDVI calculates the result
The published tool contract uses this rule: Compute the red edge normalized difference vegetation index as (NIR - red edge) / (NIR + red edge) from reflectances between zero and one, rejecting dark pixels whose reflectances sum to zero.
- Red edge NDVI
- Red edge NDVI value between -1 and 1; signed.
Limitations of Red Edge NDVI
The calculation does not propagate measurement uncertainty, sampling error, or biological and chemical variability. NIR reflectance must remain between 0 and 1; Red edge reflectance must remain between 0 and 1.
Alternative or Complementary measurements
Retain the original NIR reflectance and Red edge reflectance values and their units alongside the result. NDVI Calculator is useful when you instead need to compute the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index as (NIR - red) / (NIR + red) from reflectances between zero and one, rejecting dark pixels whose reflectances sum to zero. Red Cell Concentration provides another view by helping you convert cells counted in a hemocytometer square into a red cell concentration in millions per microliter using countedCells x dilutionFactor / 10.
References
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Normalized difference red edge index — Wikipedia contributors
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