ARI2 Algorithm Specification

ARI2

The ARI2 operator algorithm computes the Anthocyanin Reflectance Index 2 from a given product.

The ARI2 results from the following equation:

ARI2 = N * ((1.0 / G) - (1.0 / RE1))

, where:

The bands are:

- G is the Green band
- RE1 is the Red Edge 1 band
- R is the Red band
- N is the NIR band


ARI2-Flags

Also the processor computes an additional flags band called 'ari2_flags' with the following bit coding:

Bit Position Description
Bit 0 The computed value for ARI2 is NAN or is Infinite
Bit 1 The computed value for ARI2 is less than -1 (minus one)
Bit 2 The computed value for ARI2 is greater than 1 (one)