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Description

Goddard’s LiDAR, Hyperspectral, and Thermal Imager (G-LiHT) mission is a portable, airborne imaging system that aims to simultaneously map the composition, structure, and function of terrestrial ecosystems. G-LiHT primarily focuses on a broad diversity of forest communities and ecoregions in North America, mapping aerial swaths over the Conterminous United States (CONUS), Alaska, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.

The purpose of G-LiHT’s Hyperspectral Vegetative Indices data product (GLHYVI) is to provide vegetative, stress, and other index data in 44 science dataset layers. Included in the product are vegetative indices such as Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Triangular Vegetation Index (TVI), Renormalized Difference Vegetation Index (RDVI), Modified Triangular Vegetation Index (MTVI), and Difference Vegetation Index (DVI). Stress indices include, but are not limited to, Carter Stress, Gitelson and Merzlyac Stress, Maccioni Stress, and Vogelmann Stress.

GLHYVI data are processed as a raster data product (GeoTIFF) at 1 meter spatial resolution over locally defined areas. A browse image displaying NDVI is also included.

Version Description

This is version one of the G-LiHT dataset.

Product Summary

Platforms
G-LiHT
Instruments
Headwall ,
Riegl Airborne Lidar
Spatial Extent

N: 73 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

Spatial Resolution
1 Meters x 1 Meters
Location
PUERTO RICO ,
MEXICO ,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Coordinate System
GEODETIC
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2011-06-30 to Present
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Data Partner
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) ,
Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD)
Concept ID
C2763264731-LPCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
3309
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Lidar ,
Visible Radiance ,
Infrared Radiance ,
ULTRAVIOLET RADIANCE ,
Microwave Radiance

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Cook, B., & Halota, A. (2022). G-LiHT Hyperspectral Vegetative Indices V001 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/COMMUNITY/GLIHT/GLHYVI.001 Date Accessed: 2026-03-17

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Variables

The table below lists the variables contained within a single granule for this dataset. Variables often contain observed or derived geophysical measurements collected from a variety of sources, including remote sensing instruments on satellite and airborne platforms, field campaigns, in situ measurements, and model outputs. The terms variable, parameter, scientific data set, layer, and band have been used across NASA’s Earth science disciplines; however, variable is the designated nomenclature in NASA’s Common Metadata Repository (CMR). Variable metadata attributes such as Name, Description, Units, Data Type, Fill Value, Valid Range, and Scale Factor allow users to efficiently process and analyze the data. The full range of attributes may not be applicable to all variables. Additional information on variable attributes is typically available in the data, user guide, and/or other product documentation.

For questions on a specific variable, please use the Earthdata Forum.

Name Description Units Data Type Fill Value Valid Range Scale Factor Offset
Band 1 Anthocyanin Reflectance Index 1 (ARI1) Number float32 N/A -1 to 1 N/A N/A
Band 2 Anthocyanin Reflectance Index 2 (ARI2) Number float32 N/A -1 to 20 N/A N/A
Band 3 Aoki (AOKI) Number float32 N/A 0 to 5 N/A N/A
Band 4 Carotenoid Reflectance Index 1 (CRI1) Number float32 N/A 0 to 1 N/A N/A
Band 5 Carotenoid Reflectance Index 2 (CRI2) Number float32 N/A 0 to 1 N/A N/A
Band 6 Carter Stress 1 (CS1) Number float32 N/A 0 to 2 N/A N/A
Band 7 Carter Stress 2 (CS2) Number float32 N/A 0 to 5 N/A N/A
Band 8 Curvature Index (CI) Number float32 N/A 0 to 1 N/A N/A
Band 9 Datt 1 (DATT1) Number float32 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Band 10 Datt 2 (DATT2) Number float32 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Band 11 Derivative Chlorophyll Index (DCI) Number float32 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Band 12 Difference Vegetation Index (DVI) Number float32 N/A -1000 to 5000 N/A N/A
Band 13 Elvidge and Zhikang (EZ) Number float32 N/A -1000 to 5000 N/A N/A
Band 14 Filella and Penuelas (FP) Number float32 N/A -1000 to 5000 N/A N/A
Band 15 Gitelson and Merzlyak 1 (GM1) Number float32 N/A 0 to 20 N/A N/A
Band 16 Gitelson and Merzlyac 2 (GM2) Number float32 N/A 0 to 20 N/A N/A
Band 17 Greenness Index (GI) Number float32 N/A 0 to 20 N/A N/A
Band 18 Maccioni (MAC) Number float32 N/A 0 to 10 N/A N/A
Band 19 MERIS Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (MTCI) Number float32 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Band 20 Modified Chlorophyll Absorption Ratio Index (MCARI) Number float32 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Band 21 Modified Chlorophyll Absorption Ratio Index Improved (MCARI2) Number float32 N/A -1 to 1 N/A N/A
Band 22 Modified Red Edge Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (MRENDVI) Number float32 N/A -1 to 1 N/A N/A
Band 23 Modified Red Edge Simple Ratio (MRESR) Number float32 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Band 24 Modified Simple Ratio (MSR) Number float32 N/A 0 to 25 N/A N/A
Band 25 Modified Triangular Vegetation Index (MTVI) Number float32 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Band 26 Modified Triangular Vegetation Index Improved (MTVI2) Number float32 N/A -1 to 2 N/A N/A
Band 27 Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Number float32 N/A -1 to 5 N/A N/A
Band 28 Normalized Phaeophytinization Index (NPQI) Number float32 N/A -1 to 1 N/A N/A
Band 29 Normalized Pigment Chlorophyll Index (NPCI) Number float32 N/A -1 to 1 N/A N/A
Band 30 Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (OSAVI) Number float32 N/A 1 to 5 N/A N/A
Band 31 Photochemical Reflectance Index (PRI) Number float32 N/A -1 to 1 N/A N/A
Band 32 Pigment Specific Normalized Difference (PSND) Number float32 N/A 0 to 10 N/A N/A
Band 33 Pigment Specific Simple Ratio (PSSR) Number float32 N/A -1 to 2 N/A N/A
Band 34 Plant Senescence Reflectance Index (PSRI) Number float32 N/A -1 to 2 N/A N/A
Band 35 Ratio Vegetation Index (RVI) Number float32 N/A 0 to 100 N/A N/A
Band 36 Renormalized Difference Vegetation Index (RDVI) Number float32 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Band 37 Red Edge Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (RENDVI) Number float32 N/A -1 to 1 N/A N/A
Band 38 Red Edge Inflection Point (REIP) Number float32 N/A 0 to 1000 N/A N/A
Band 39 Red Green Ratio Index (RGRI) Number float32 N/A 0 to 10 N/A N/A
Band 40 Simple Ratio Pigment Index (SRPI) Number float32 N/A 0 to 10 N/A N/A
Band 41 Structure Insensitive Pigment Index (SIPI) Number float32 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Band 42 Triangular Vegetation Index (TVI) Number float32 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Band 43 Vogelmann (VOG) Number float32 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Band 44 Vogelmann Red Edge Index 1 (VREI1) Number float32 N/A 0 to 10 N/A N/A
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