Table 2 List of selected multispectral bands, derived VIs and BPVs from Sentinel-2 image
From: Estimation of above-ground biomass in tropical afro-montane forest using Sentinel-2 derived indices
Multispectral bands and description | |
 B2 | Blue, 490 nm (10 m) _Resampled to 20 m |
 B3 | Green, 560 nm (10 m) _Resampled to 20 m |
 B4 | Red, 665 nm (10 m) _Resampled to 20 m |
 B5 | Red edge, 705 nm (20 m) |
 B6 | Red edge, 749 nm (20 m) |
 B7 | Red edge, 783 nm (20 m) |
 B8 | Near Infrared, 842 nm (10 m) _Resampled to 20 m |
 B8a | Near Infrared, 865 nm (20 m) |
 B11 | Short Wave IR, 1610 nm (20 m) |
 B12 | Short Wave IR, 2190 nm (20 m) |
Vegetation indices (VIs) | |
 IRICI (Inverted Red-Edge Chlorophyll Index) | (Band 7 − Band 4)/(Band 5/Band 6) |
 NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) | (Band 8 − Band 4)/(Band 8 + Band 4) |
 TNDVI (Transformed Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) | [(Band 8 − Band 4)/(Band 8 + Band 4) + 0.5]1/2 |
 NDVI45 (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index with band 4 and 5) | (Band 5 − Band 4)/(Band 5 + Band 4) |
 SAVI (Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index) | (Band 8 − Band 4/Band 8 + Band 4 + 0.5) * 1.5 |
Biophysical variables (BPVs) | |
 LAI | Leaf area index |
 FCOVER | Fraction of vegetation cover |
 FPARA | Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
 Cab | Chlorophyll content in the leaf |