Creating Radar Vegetation Index

the RVI needs quad-polarized data so it is not possible.

This publication argues that one option could be having HH/HV data alone as HH and VV are related:


Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267020154_Radar_Vegetation_Index_as_an_Alternative_to_NDVI_for_Monitoring_of_Soyabean_and_Cotton

But as most of the Sentinel-1 data is VV/VH this isn’t an option either.

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