Table 1 Spectral index and calculation formula.

From: Estimating soil profile salinity under vegetation cover based on UAV multi-source remote sensing

Feature variable

Formulation

Reference

NDSI

NDSI = \(\frac{R-NIR}{R+NIR}\)

31

NDSI-reg

NDSI-reg = \(\frac{RedEdge-NIR}{RedEdge+NIR}\)

32

BI

BI = \(\sqrt{{R}^{2}+{NIR}^{2}}\)

33

SI1

SI1 = \(\sqrt{G\times R}\)

30,34

SI1-reg

SI1-reg = \(\sqrt{G\times RedEdge}\)

32

SI2

SI2 = \(\sqrt{{G}^{2}+{R}^{2}+{NIR}^{2}}\)

30,34

SI2-reg

SI2-reg = \(\sqrt{{G}^{2}+{RedEdge}^{2}+{NIR}^{2}}\)

32

SI3

SI3 = \(\sqrt{{G}^{2}+{R}^{2}}\)

30,34

SI3-reg

SI3-reg = \(\sqrt{{G}^{2}+{RedEdge}^{2}}\)

32

SI-T

SI-T = \(100\times R/NIR\)

35

S1

S1 = \(B/R\)

36

S2

S2 = \(\frac{B-R}{B+R}\)

36

S3

S3 = \(G\times R/B\)

36

S5

S5 = \(B\times R/G\)

36

SI

SI = \(\sqrt{B\times R}\)

37

NDVI

NDVI = \(\frac{NIR-R}{NIR+R}\)

38

NDVI-reg

NDVI-reg = \(\frac{NIR-RedEdge}{NIR+RedEdge}\)

32

DVI

DVI = \(NIR-R\)

30

DVI-reg

DVI-reg = \(NIR-RedEdge\)

32

EVI

EVI = \(2.5\times \frac{NIR-R}{NIR+6R-7.5B+1}\)

39

EVI-reg

EVI-reg = \(2.5\times \frac{NIR-RedEdge}{NIR+6RedEdge-7.5B+1}\)

32

TVI

TVI = \(0.5\times \frac{120\times \left(NIR-G\right)}{200\times \left(R-G\right)}\)

10

NDGI

NDGI = \(\frac{G-R}{G+R}\)

40

SR

SR = \(NIR/R\)

41

MSAVI

MSAVI = \(\frac{\left(2NIR-1\right)-\sqrt{{\left(2NIR+1\right)}^{2}-8\left(NIR-R\right)}}{2}\)

32

OSAVI

OSAVI = \(1.16\times \frac{NIR-R}{NIR+R+0.16}\)

32

SAVI

SAVI = \(1.5\times \frac{NIR-R}{NIR+R+0.5}\)

42

VDVI

VDVI = \(\frac{2G-\left(R+B\right)}{2G+\left(R+B\right)}\)

43

VARI

VARI = \(\frac{G-R}{G+R+B}\)

44

GNDVI

GNDVI = \(\frac{NIR-G}{NIR+G}\)

10

NRCT

NRCT = \(\frac{Ti-Tmin}{Tmax-Tmin}\)

45

  1. B, R, G, NIR, and Red-edge represent the reflectance of blue, red, green, near-infrared, and red edge bands, respectively.