Summary
Calculates the Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (MSAVI2) from a multiband raster object and returns a raster object with the index values.
Discussion
The Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (MSAVI2) method minimizes the effect of bare soil on the SAVI.
MSAVI2 = (1/2) * (2 * (NIR +1) - sqrt((2 * NIR + 1)2-8(NIR - Red)))For information about other multiband raster indexes, see the Band Arithmetic raster function.
The referenced raster dataset for the raster object is temporary. To make it permanent, you can call the raster object's save method.
Syntax
MSAVI (raster, {nir_band_id}, {red_band_id})| Parameter | Explanation | Data Type |
raster | The input raster. | Raster |
nir_band_id | The band ID of the near-infrared band. The ID index uses one-based indexing. (The default value is 4) | Integer |
red_band_id | The band ID of the red band. The ID index uses one-based indexing. (The default value is 3) | Integer |
| Data Type | Explanation |
| Raster | The output raster object with the MSAVI2 index values. |
Code sample
Calculates the Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index for a Landsat 8 image.
import arcpy
MSAVI_raster = arcpy.sa.MSAVI("Landsat8.tif", 5, 4)