msavi.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

/* MSAVI: Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index
 *
 *                       s(NIR-s*red-a)
 *                MSAVI = ---------------------------
 *                        (a*NIR+red-a*s+X*(1+s*s))
 *      where a is the soil line intercept, s is the
 *      soil line slope, and X  is an adjustment factor
 *      which is set to minimize soil noise (0.08 in
 *      original papers).
 */
double msa_vi(double redchan, double nirchan, double soil_line_slope,
              double soil_line_intercept, double soil_noise_reduction_factor)
{
    double result, a, s, X;

    s = soil_line_slope;
    a = soil_line_intercept;
    X = soil_noise_reduction_factor;

    if ((nirchan + redchan) == 0.0) {
        result = -1.0;
    }
    else {
        result = s * (nirchan - s * redchan - a) /
                 (a * nirchan + redchan - a * s + X * (1 + s + s));
    }
    return result;
}