Characterising Rice (Oryza indica) Ecology in East and Southern Eastern Plateau of Odisha using Multi Source Remote Sensing

Rice is the most important crop of Odisha occupying 41.24% of net sown area in Kharif season and contributing 65.85 % of total food grain production of Odisha state and this is being cultivated in various types environmental and ecological condition. Assessment of rice phenology is prime for management and yield prediction. In view of characterizing rice ecology in East and South Eastern Plateau from 2008 – 2018 to know the time series analysis , remote sensing tools were used . MODIS can0 acquire data over a wide area with high spatial and temporal resolutions easily providing regional scale information .In order to study the seasonal /annual as well as spatial variability of kharif rice vigour and wetness spectral vegetation indices like NDVI(Normalised Difference Vegetation Index),LSWI(Land surface water index) derived from 15 day composite 250 m data were analysed at block level for Odisha state. For studying the start of season variability, SASI index was used. The season maximum NDVI, LSWI were computed for the year 2008-2018 for kharif rice in East and Southern eastern coastal plain zone of Odisha and graphs were generated which shows the variability of the kharif rice vigour and wetness.

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A data-model fusion approach for upscaling gross ecosystem productivity to the landscape scale based on remote sensing and flux footprint modelling

Biogeosciences ◽

10.5194/bg-7-2943-2010 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 7 (9) ◽

pp. 2943-2958 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

B. Chen ◽

Q. Ge ◽

D. Fu ◽

G. Yu ◽

X. Sun ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Data Model ◽

Land Surface ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Vegetation Indices ◽

Consecutive Series ◽

Fusion Model ◽

Flux Footprint ◽

Model Fusion ◽

Water Index

Abstract. In order to use the global available eddy-covariance (EC) flux dataset and remote-sensing measurements to provide estimates of gross primary productivity (GPP) at landscape (101–102 km2), regional (103–106 km2) and global land surface scales, we developed a satellite-based GPP algorithm using LANDSAT data and an upscaling framework. The satellite-based GPP algorithm uses two improved vegetation indices (Enhanced Vegetation Index – EVI, Land Surface Water Index – LSWI). The upscalling framework involves flux footprint climatology modelling and data-model fusion. This approach was first applied to an evergreen coniferous stand in the subtropical monsoon climatic zone of south China. The EC measurements at Qian Yan Zhou tower site (26°44´48" N, 115°04´13" E), which belongs to the China flux network and the LANDSAT and MODIS imagery data for this region in 2004 were used in this study. A consecutive series of LANDSAT-like images of the surface reflectance at an 8-day interval were predicted by blending the LANDSAT and MODIS images using an existing algorithm (ESTARFM: Enhanced Spatial and Temporal Adaptive Reflectance Fusion Model). The seasonal dynamics of GPP were then predicted by the satellite-based algorithm. MODIS products explained 60% of observed variations of GPP and underestimated the measured annual GPP (= 1879 g C m−2) by 25–30%; while the satellite-based algorithm with default static parameters explained 88% of observed variations of GPP but overestimated GPP during the growing seasonal by about 20–25%. The optimization of the satellite-based algorithm using a data-model fusion technique with the assistance of EC flux tower footprint modelling reduced the biases in daily GPP estimations from about 2.24 g C m−2 day−1 (non-optimized, ~43.5% of mean measured daily value) to 1.18 g C m−2 day−1 (optimized, ~22.9% of mean measured daily value). The remotely sensed GPP using the optimized algorithm can explain 92% of the seasonal variations of EC observed GPP. These results demonstrated the potential combination of the satellite-based algorithm, flux footprint modelling and data-model fusion for improving the accuracy of landscape/regional GPP estimation, a key component for the study of the carbon cycle.

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Estimating and Monitoring Land Surface Phenology in Rangelands: A Review of Progress and Challenges

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs13112060 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 2060

Author(s):

Trylee Nyasha Matongera ◽

Onisimo Mutanga ◽

Mbulisi Sibanda ◽

John Odindi

Keyword(s):

Land Surface ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Critical Role ◽

Spectral Characteristics ◽

Vegetation Indices ◽

Machine Learning Algorithms ◽

Special Focus ◽

Land Surface Phenology ◽

Spectral Vegetation Indices ◽

Satellite Sensors

Land surface phenology (LSP) has been extensively explored from global archives of satellite observations to track and monitor the seasonality of rangeland ecosystems in response to climate change. Long term monitoring of LSP provides large potential for the evaluation of interactions and feedbacks between climate and vegetation. With a special focus on the rangeland ecosystems, the paper reviews the progress, challenges and emerging opportunities in LSP while identifying possible gaps that could be explored in future. Specifically, the paper traces the evolution of satellite sensors and interrogates their properties as well as the associated indices and algorithms in estimating and monitoring LSP in productive rangelands. Findings from the literature revealed that the spectral characteristics of the early satellite sensors such as Landsat, AVHRR and MODIS played a critical role in the development of spectral vegetation indices that have been widely used in LSP applications. The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) pioneered LSP investigations, and most other spectral vegetation indices were primarily developed to address the weaknesses and shortcomings of the NDVI. New indices continue to be developed based on recent sensors such as Sentinel-2 that are characterized by unique spectral signatures and fine spatial resolutions, and their successful usage is catalyzed with the development of cutting-edge algorithms for modeling the LSP profiles. In this regard, the paper has documented several LSP algorithms that are designed to provide data smoothing, gap filling and LSP metrics retrieval methods in a single environment. In the future, the development of machine learning algorithms that can effectively model and characterize the phenological cycles of vegetation would help to unlock the value of LSP information in the rangeland monitoring and management process. Precisely, deep learning presents an opportunity to further develop robust software packages such as the decomposition and analysis of time series (DATimeS) with the abundance of data processing tools and techniques that can be used to better characterize the phenological cycles of vegetation in rangeland ecosystems.

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Improving the Evapotranspiration Estimation under Cloudy Condition by Extending the Ts-VI Triangle Model

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs13081516 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 1516

Author(s):

Boyang Li ◽

Yaokui Cui ◽

Xiaozhuang Geng ◽

Huan Li

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Surface Temperature ◽

Land Surface ◽

Energy Exchange ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Regional Scale ◽

Reconstruction Algorithm ◽

Heihe River ◽

Main Process ◽

In Situ Data

Evapotranspiration (ET) of soil-vegetation system is the main process of the water and energy exchange between the atmosphere and the land surface. Spatio-temporal continuous ET is vitally important to agriculture and ecological applications. Surface temperature and vegetation index (Ts-VI) triangle ET model based on remote sensing land surface temperature (LST) is widely used to monitor the land surface ET. However, a large number of missing data caused by the presence of clouds always reduces the availability of the main parameter LST, thus making the remote sensing-based ET estimation unavailable. In this paper, a method to improve the availability of ET estimates from Ts-VI model is proposed. Firstly, continuous LST product of the time series is obtained using a reconstruction algorithm, and then, the reconstructed LST is applied to the estimate ET using the Ts-VI model. The validation in the Heihe River Basin from 2009 to 2011 showed that the availability of ET estimates is improved from 25 days per year (d/yr) to 141 d/yr. Compared with the in situ data, a very good performance of the estimated ET is found with RMSE 1.23 mm/day and R2 0.6257 at point scale and RMSE 0.32 mm/day and R2 0.8556 at regional scale. This will improve the understanding of the water and energy exchange between the atmosphere and the land surface, especially under cloudy conditions.

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Recurrence Analysis of Vegetation Indices for Highlighting the Ecosystem Response to Drought Events: An Application to the Amazon Forest

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs12060907 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. 907 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Teodoro Semeraro ◽

Andrea Luvisi ◽

Antonio O. Lillo ◽

Roberta Aretano ◽

Riccardo Buccolieri ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Time Series ◽

Land Surface ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Southern Oscillation ◽

Vegetation Indices ◽

Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation ◽

Enso Event ◽

Amazon Forest ◽

Ecosystem Response ◽

Water Index

Forests are important in sequestering CO2 and therefore play a significant role in climate change. However, the CO2 cycle is conditioned by drought events that alter the rate of photosynthesis, which is the principal physiological action of plants in transforming CO2 into biological energy. This study applied recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) to describe the evolution of photosynthesis-related indices to highlight disturbance alterations produced by the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO, years 2005 and 2010) and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO, year 2015) in the Amazon forest. The analysis was carried out using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) images to build time series of the enhanced vegetation index (EVI), the normalized difference water index (NDWI), and the land surface temperature (LST) covering the period 2001–2018. The results did not show significant variations produced by AMO throughout the study area, while a disruption due to the global warming phase linked to the extreme ENSO event occurred, and the forest was able to recover. In addition, spatial differences in the response of the forest to the ENSO event were found. These findings show that the application of RQA to the time series of vegetation indices supports the evaluation of the forest ecosystem response to disruptive events. This approach provides information on the capacity of the forest to recover after a disruptive event and, therefore is useful to estimate the resilience of this particular ecosystem.

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Remote sensing of LAI, chlorophyll and leaf nitrogen pools of crop- and grasslands in five European landscapes

Biogeosciences ◽

10.5194/bg-10-6279-2013 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 6279-6307 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

E. Boegh ◽

R. Houborg ◽

J. Bienkowski ◽

C. F. Braban ◽

T. Dalgaard ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Field Data ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽

Vegetation Indices ◽

Field Measurements ◽

Leaf Nitrogen ◽

Agricultural Landscapes ◽

Nitrogen Pools ◽

Spectral Vegetation Indices

Abstract. Leaf nitrogen and leaf surface area influence the exchange of gases between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere, and play a significant role in the global cycles of carbon, nitrogen and water. The purpose of this study is to use field-based and satellite remote-sensing-based methods to assess leaf nitrogen pools in five diverse European agricultural landscapes located in Denmark, Scotland (United Kingdom), Poland, the Netherlands and Italy. REGFLEC (REGularized canopy reFLECtance) is an advanced image-based inverse canopy radiative transfer modelling system which has shown proficiency for regional mapping of leaf area index (LAI) and leaf chlorophyll (CHLl) using remote sensing data. In this study, high spatial resolution (10–20 m) remote sensing images acquired from the multispectral sensors aboard the SPOT (Satellite For Observation of Earth) satellites were used to assess the capability of REGFLEC for mapping spatial variations in LAI, CHLland the relation to leaf nitrogen (Nl) data in five diverse European agricultural landscapes. REGFLEC is based on physical laws and includes an automatic model parameterization scheme which makes the tool independent of field data for model calibration. In this study, REGFLEC performance was evaluated using LAI measurements and non-destructive measurements (using a SPAD meter) of leaf-scale CHLl and Nl concentrations in 93 fields representing crop- and grasslands of the five landscapes. Furthermore, empirical relationships between field measurements (LAI, CHLl and Nl and five spectral vegetation indices (the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, the Simple Ratio, the Enhanced Vegetation Index-2, the Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, and the green chlorophyll index) were used to assess field data coherence and to serve as a comparison basis for assessing REGFLEC model performance. The field measurements showed strong vertical CHLl gradient profiles in 26% of fields which affected REGFLEC performance as well as the relationships between spectral vegetation indices (SVIs) and field measurements. When the range of surface types increased, the REGFLEC results were in better agreement with field data than the empirical SVI regression models. Selecting only homogeneous canopies with uniform CHLl distributions as reference data for evaluation, REGFLEC was able to explain 69% of LAI observations (rmse = 0.76), 46% of measured canopy chlorophyll contents (rmse = 719 mg m−2) and 51% of measured canopy nitrogen contents (rmse = 2.7 g m−2). Better results were obtained for individual landscapes, except for Italy, where REGFLEC performed poorly due to a lack of dense vegetation canopies at the time of satellite recording. Presence of vegetation is needed to parameterize the REGFLEC model. Combining REGFLEC- and SVI-based model results to minimize errors for a "snap-shot" assessment of total leaf nitrogen pools in the five landscapes, results varied from 0.6 to 4.0 t km−2. Differences in leaf nitrogen pools between landscapes are attributed to seasonal variations, extents of agricultural area, species variations, and spatial variations in nutrient availability. In order to facilitate a substantial assessment of variations in Nl pools and their relation to landscape based nitrogen and carbon cycling processes, time series of satellite data are needed. The upcoming Sentinel-2 satellite mission will provide new multiple narrowband data opportunities at high spatio-temporal resolution which are expected to further improve remote sensing capabilities for mapping LAI, CHLl and Nl.

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Pemetaan Pola Tanam dan Kalender Tanam Padi Sawah menggunakan Teknik Penginderaan Jauh

REKA GEOMATIKA ◽

10.26760/rg.v2017i2.1768 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2017 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Rika Hernawati ◽

Agung Budi Harto ◽

Dewi Kania Sari

Keyword(s):

Surface Water ◽

Land Surface ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Vegetation Indices ◽

Paddy Rice ◽

Growth Monitoring ◽

Enhanced Vegetation Index ◽

Water Index ◽

Gaussian Filtering ◽

Land Surface Water

ABSTRAKPemantauan dan prakiraan hasil tanam padi sawah penting untuk dilakukan antara lain dalam rangka menjaga ketahanan pangan nasional. Saat ini, pemantauan pertumbuhan tanaman padi sawah dapat dilakukan dengan mengaplikasikan teknologi pengindraan jauh, antara lain dengan mendeteksi fenologi tanaman padi sawah yang terekam pada setiap piksel citra yang selanjutnya dapat digunakan untuk pemetaan pola tanam dan kalender tanam padi sawah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan algoritma deteksi fenologi padi sawah dengan menggunakan indeks vegetasi Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) dan Land Surface Water Index (LSWI) berkala yang diturunkan dari data citra MODIS, dengan menerapkan proses penapisan Gaussian. Penerapan teknik penapisan Gaussian pada data indeks vegetasi tersebut diharapkan dapat meminimalisasi derau, sehingga akan meningkatkan ketelitian hasil pendeteksian fenologi tanaman padi sawah. Wilayah studi mencakup 3 Kabupaten di Provinsi Jawa Barat bagian utara, yaitu Kabupaten Subang, Kabupaten Karawang, dan Kabupaten Bekasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penerapan penapisan Gaussian pada metode deteksi fenologi padi sawah berbasis indeks vegetasi EVI dan LSWI berkala telah dapat meningkatkan ketelitian hasil deteksi tanggal-tanggal fenologis padi sawah. Keakuratan hasil estimasi luas tanam dan luas panen padi sawah divalidasi menggunakan data statistik dari Dinas Pertanian Kabupaten.Kata Kunci: deteksi fenologi, EVI, LSWI, penapisan GaussianABSTRACTMonitoring and forecasting yields of paddy rice are important to do, in order to maintain national food security. The current paddy crop growth monitoring can be done by applying remote sensing technology by detecting paddy phenology to produce the date of planting and harvest dates, which were recorded at each pixel of the digital image of rice field and can then be used for cropping pattern and planting calendar mapping. This research aims to develop a detection algorithm phenology paddy using vegetation indices Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and Land Surface Water Index (LSWI) periodic image data derived from MODIS, by applying a Gaussian filtering process. The application of Gaussian filtering techniques to the data of vegetation indeces, EVI and LSWI, are expected to minimize the noise, thereby increasing the precision of detection of paddy rice crop phenology. The study area covers three districts in the northern part of West Java Province, i.e. Subang, Karawang and Bekasi. The results showed that the application of Gaussian filtering on the detection method of paddy rice phenology based on multitemporal vegetation indices EVI and LSWI can improve the precision of the detection of paddy phenological dates. The accuracy of the estimation results of the planting and harvested area of paddy were validated using statistical data from the District Agricultural Office.Keywords: phenology detection, EVI, LSWI, Gaussian filtering

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Evaluation of Organic Camelina Crop Under Different Tillage Systems and Fertilization Types Using Proximal Remote Sensing

Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca Horticulture ◽

10.15835/buasvmcn-hort:2019.0025 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 77 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Foteini ANGELOPOULOU ◽

Evangelos ANASTASIOU ◽

Spyros FOUNTAS ◽

Dimitrios BILALIS

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽

Vegetation Indices ◽

Crop Growth ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Tillage Systems ◽

Minimum Tillage ◽

Spectral Vegetation Indices ◽

Crop Parameters

A field experiment was conducted in Southern Greece to assess Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Red-Edge Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDRE) in estimating Camelina’s crop growth and yield parameters under different tillage systems (conventional and minimum tillage) and organic fertilization types (compost, vermicompost and untreated control). A proximal canopy sensor was used to measure the aforementioned Spectral Vegetation Indices (SVIs) at different days after sowing (DAS). Camelina presented the highest values of NDVI and NDRE under compost fertilization (0.63 and 0.22 accordingly) and minimum tillage system (0.50 and 0.18 accordingly). Additionally, the highest correlations between the measured crop parameters and NDVI, NDRE were achieved at leaf development to early flowering stage. Moreover, NDRE presented the highest correlation with seed yield (R2=0.60, p<0.05) and thus it is suggested for estimating Camelina’s productivity instead of NDVI. Finally, further research is needed for adopting the use of remote sensing technologies on predicting Camelina’s crop growth and yield.

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Mining and Restoration Monitoring of Rare Earth Element (REE) Exploitation by New Remote Sensing Indicators in Southern Jiangxi, China

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs12213558 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (21) ◽

pp. 3558

Author(s):

Lifeng Xie ◽

Weicheng Wu ◽

Xiaolan Huang ◽

Penghui Ou ◽

Ziyu Lin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Rare Earth ◽

Land Surface ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽

Vegetation Indices ◽

Rapid Expansion ◽

Open Pit ◽

Open Pit Mining ◽

Chemical Extraction

Rare earth elements (REEs) are widely used in various industries. The open-pit mining and chemical extraction of REEs in the weathered crust in southern Jiangxi, China, since the 1970s have provoked severe damages to the environment. After 2010, different restorations have been implemented by various enterprises, which seem to have a spatial variability in both management techniques and efficiency from one mine to another. A number of vegetation indices, e.g., normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), soil-adjusted vegetation index (SAVI), enhanced vegetation index (EVI) and atmospherically resistant vegetation index (ARVI), can be used for this kind of monitoring and assessment but lack sensitivity to subtle differences. For this reason, the main objective of this study was to explore the possibility to develop new, mining-tailored remote sensing indicators to monitor the impacts of REE mining on the environment and to assess the effectiveness of its related restoration using multitemporal Landsat data from 1988 to 2019. The new indicators, termed mining and restoration assessment indicators (MRAIs), were developed based on the strong contrast of spectral reflectance, albedo, land surface temperature (LST) and tasseled cap brightness (TCB) of REE mines between mining and postmining restoration management. These indicators were tested against vegetation indices such as NDVI, EVI, SAVI and generalized difference vegetation index (GDVI), and found to be more sensitive. Of similar sensitivity to each other, one of the new indicators was employed to conduct the restoration assessment of the mined areas. Six typically managed mines with different restoration degrees and management approaches were selected as hotspots for a comparative analysis to highlight their temporal trajectories using the selected MRAI. The results show that REE mining had experienced a rapid expansion in 1988–2010 with a total mined area of about 66.29 km2 in the observed counties. With implementation of the post-2010 restoration measures, an improvement of varying degrees in vegetation cover in most mines was distinguished and quantified. Hence, this study with the newly developed indicators provides a relevant approach for assessing the sustainable exploitation and management of REE resources in the study area.

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CLASSIFYING AND MAPPING OF VEGETATED AREA IN AL- BAHA REGION, SAUDI ARABIA USING REMOTE SENSING. I. EXTENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF GROUND VEGETATED COVER CATEGORIES.

10.36106/ijar/6416340 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 75-80

Author(s):

Abdullah Saleh Al-Ghamdi

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽

Vegetation Type ◽

Regional Scale ◽

Vegetation Indices ◽

Vegetation Mapping ◽

Primary Objective ◽

High Density ◽

Vegetation Density

Classifying and mapping vegetation is an important technical task for managing natural resources; the primary objective of the vegetation-mapping inventory is to produce high quality, standardized maps and associated data sets of vegetation. Satellite remote sensing has proven to be effective technology for mapping forest vegetation at the landscape to regional scale. In the remote sensing technique, vegetation density can be directly indicated by vegetation indices. Although there are several vegetation indices, the most widely used is the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), formulated by transforming raw satellite data into NDVI values, ranging from -1 to 1. NDVI enables the creation of images and other products that provide a rough measure of vegetation type, amount, and condition on land surfaces. The results show that medium to high density vegetation is mostly found in the central part of Al-Baha region separating the highlands and lowlands. The relationship study between NDVI and vegetation cover percentage in this study depicts an NDVI value of only 0.20–1.00, which indicates that vegetation covers over 60% of Al-Baha. This is probably because vegetation here may not only comprise trees but also other plant forms such as herbs and shrubs. However, only 862.5 km2 (7.7%) of Al-Baha is covered with medium-high density vegetation, found mainly at the 6 –15km width horizontal central belt (in the Al-Mandaq, Al-Baha, and south Baljurashi districts) along a high, foggy mountainous plateau. Conversely, about 65% of Al-Baha region has very low to no vegetation density; vegetation is found extensively in the Tihama low plain towards the Red Sea and in the north-eastern desert plain. This study has provided a comprehensive report on vegetation mapping in the Al-Baha region.

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Cross-Comparison between Landsat 8 (OLI) and Landsat 7 (ETM+) Derived Vegetation Indices in a Mediterranean Environment

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs12020291 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 291 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Giuseppe Mancino ◽

Agostino Ferrara ◽

Antonietta Padula ◽

Angelo Nolè

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Surface ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Vegetation Indices ◽

Earth Observation ◽

Landsat 8 ◽

Mediterranean Environment ◽

Water Index ◽

Land Use Types ◽

Landsat 7

Landsat 8 is the most recent generation of Landsat satellite missions that provides remote sensing imagery for earth observation. The Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) images, together with Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Thermal Infrared sensor (TIRS) represent fundamental tools for earth observation due to the optimal combination of the radiometric and geometric images resolution provided by these sensors. However, there are substantial differences between the information provided by Landsat 7 and Landsat 8. In order to perform a multi-temporal analysis, a cross-comparison between image from different Landsat satellites is required. The present study is based on the evaluation of specific intercalibration functions for the standardization of main vegetation indices calculated from the two Landsat generation images, with respect to main land use types. The NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), NDWI (Normalized Difference Water Index), LSWI (Land Surface Water Index), NBR (Normalized Burn Ratio), VIgreen (Green Vegetation Index), SAVI (Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index), and EVI (Enhanced Vegetation Index) have been derived from August 2017 ETM+ and OLI images (path: 188; row: 32) for the study area (Basilicata Region, located in the southern part of Italy) selected as a highly representative of Mediterranean environment. Main results show slight differences in the values of average reflectance for each band: OLI shows higher values in the near-infrared (NIR) wavelength for all the land use types, while in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) the ETM+ shows higher reflectance values. High correlation coefficients between different indices (in particular NDVI and NDWI) show that ETM+ and OLI can be used as complementary data. The best correlation in terms of cross-comparison was found for NDVI, NDWI, SAVI, and EVI indices; while according to land use classes, statistically significant differences were found for almost all the considered indices calculated with the two sensors.

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