VARI
Summary
Calculates the Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index (VARI) from a multiband raster object and returns a raster object with the index values.
Discussion
The Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index (VARI) is designed to emphasize vegetation in the visible portion of the spectrum, while mitigating illumination differences and atmospheric effects. It is ideal for RGB or color images; it utilizes all three color bands.
\(VARI \space = \space (Green \space - \space Red) \space / \space (Green \space + \space Red \space – \space Blue)\)
Green = pixel values from the green band
Red= pixel values from the red band
Blue = pixel values from the blue band
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
VARI(raster, {red_band_id}, {green_band_id}, {blue_band_id})
| Parameter | Explanation | Data Type |
|---|---|---|
|
raster |
The input raster. |
Raster |
|
red_band_id |
The band ID of the red-edge band. The band ID index uses one-based indexing. The default value is 3. |
Integer |
|
green_band_id |
The band ID of the green band. The ID index uses one-based indexing. The default value is 2. |
Integer |
|
blue_band_id |
The band ID of the blue band. The ID index uses one-based indexing. The default value is 1. |
Integer |
Return value
| Data Type | Explanation |
|---|---|
|
Raster |
The output raster with the VARI values. |
Code sample
Calculates the Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index for a Landsat 8 image.
import arcpy
VARI_raster = arcpy.sa.VARI("Landsat8.tif",4,3,2)