NDRE Vegetation

Normalized Difference Red Edge

Normalized Difference Red Edge
Quick Info
Satellite Sentinel-2
Category Vegetation
Min Value -1.0
Max Value 1.0
Colormap RdYlGn
Bands Used
rededge1 nir
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Satellite Details

Name

Sentinel-2

Short Name

S2

Operator

ESA

Spatial Resolution

10m - 60m

Description

NDRE uses the red-edge band (705nm) instead of red, making it highly sensitive to chlorophyll content in dense vegetation where NDVI saturates. It is widely used for crop health monitoring, nitrogen status estimation, and detecting subtle vegetation stress in mature canopies.