<div dir="ltr">Hi Rajat,<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.571428298950195px">Surface reflectance should be used for </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.571428298950195px">calculating </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.571428298950195px">NDVI.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.571428298950195px">Here is a link that explains the difference between </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.571428298950195px">radiance and surface reflectance.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.571428298950195px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.571428298950195px">Best,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.571428298950195px">Jiao</span></div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Rajat Nayak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rajat27404@gmail.com" target="_blank">rajat27404@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Dear All,<br></div>I am trying to calculate NDVI for my study area using landsat 8 products. <br>
</div>I calibrated images using i.landsat.toar. Now I'm a little confused.<br>
</div>If I use -r flag, I get radiance values at the sensor. If -r flag is not used<br></div>I will get reflectance values. <br>Now the question is which one of the two, <br></div>radiance (obtained using -r flag) or surface reflectance (without any flags)<br>
</div>should I use for calculating NDVI. <br>It will also be great if you can let me know the difference between the two <br>and how it will influence my NDVI calculations.<br></div><br></div>Thanking you<br></div>Regards<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all">
<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Rajat Nayak</div>
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