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ArticleScientific data2023

A standardized catalogue of spectral indices to advance the use of remote sensing in Earth system research.

David Montero, César Aybar, Miguel D Mahecha, Francesco Martinuzzi, Maximilian Söchting, Sebastian Wieneke

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Article in Scientific data, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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6 authors.

David MonteroRemote Sensing Centre for Earth System Research (RSC4Earth), Leipzig University, Leipzig, 04103, Germany. david.montero@uni-leipzig.de.
César AybarImage Processing Laboratory, University of Valencia, Valencia, 46980, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2745-9535
Miguel D MahechaRemote Sensing Centre for Earth System Research (RSC4Earth), Leipzig University, Leipzig, 04103, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3031-613X
Francesco MartinuzziRemote Sensing Centre for Earth System Research (RSC4Earth), Leipzig University, Leipzig, 04103, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3249-3703
Maximilian SöchtingRemote Sensing Centre for Earth System Research (RSC4Earth), Leipzig University, Leipzig, 04103, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8761-2821
Sebastian WienekeRemote Sensing Centre for Earth System Research (RSC4Earth), Leipzig University, Leipzig, 04103, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spectral Indices derived from multispectral remote sensing products are extensively used to monitor Earth system dynamics (e.g. vegetation dynamics, water bodies, fire regimes). The rapid increase of proposed spectral indices led to a high demand for catalogues of spectral indices and tools for their computation. However, most of these resources are either closed-source, outdated, unconnected to a catalogue or lacking a common Application Programming Interface (API). Here we present "Awesome Spectral Indices" (ASI), a standardized catalogue of spectral indices for Earth system research. ASI provides a comprehensive machine readable catalogue of spectral indices, which is linked to a Python library. ASI delivers a broad set of attributes for each spectral index, including names, formulas, and source references. The catalogue can be extended by the user community, ensuring that ASI remains current and enabling a wider range of scientific applications. Furthermore, the Python library enables the application of the catalogue to real-world data and thereby facilitates the efficient use of remote sensing resources in multiple Earth system domains.

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PMID37031236
PMCPMC10082855

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