Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

Background and Implications

The purpose of this project was to create a model to display NDVI. Using this model, I created various maps for each of my thesis study locations, showing NDVI for each season that I took samples. With this information, I was able to correlate seasonal changes in vegetation cover with changes in mineralogy in my dust samples. This can be seen most clearly in my El Reno, OK site shown below.

The Model

I created a model to calculate the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) using the RED and NIR bands from Landsat 8 imagery.