Soil Line Influences on Two-Band Vegetation Indices and Vegetation Isolines: A Numerical Study

Author： Yoshioka Hiroki Miura Tomoaki Demattê José A. M. Batchily Karim Huete Alfredo R.

Publisher： MDPI

E-ISSN： 2072-4292|2|2|545-561

ISSN： 2072-4292

Source： Remote Sensing, Vol.2, Iss.2, 2010-02, pp. : 545-561

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Abstract

Influences of soil line variations on two-band vegetation indices (VIs) and their vegetation isolines in red and near-infrared (NIR) reflectance space are investigated based on recently derived relationships between the relative variations of VIs with variations of the soil line parameters in the accompanying paper by Yoshioka et al. [1]. The soil line influences are first demonstrated numerically in terms of variations of vegetation isolines and VI values along with the isolines. A hypothetical case is then analyzed by assuming the discrepancies between the general and regional soil lines for a Southern Brazil area reported elsewhere. The results indicate the validity of our analytical approach for the evaluation of soil line influences and the applicability for adjustment of VI errors using external data sources of soil reflectance spectra.