Advanced Vegetation Index (AVI) is a numerical indicator, similar to NDVI that uses the red and near-infrared spectral bands. Like NDVI, AVI is used in vegetation studies to monitor crop and forest variations over time. Through the multi-temporal combination of the AVI and the NDVI, users can discriminate different types of vegetation and extract phenology characteristics/ parameters (Rikimaru et al., 2002)
Usage
AVI(NIR, RED)
Value
Advanced Vegetation Index
Arguments
NIR
Near-infrared spectral band
RED
Red spectral band
References
Rikimaru, A., Roy, P. S., & Miyatake, S. (2002). Tropical forest cover density mapping. Tropical Ecology, 43(1), 39–47.