The Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index is a measure of the depth of chlorophyll absorption. This trait is very sensitive to variations in chlorophyll concentration as well as fluctuations in LAI. MCARI takes the reflectance dataset as an input and is computed as follows: MCARI = ((ρ850-ρ710) – 0.2 × (ρ850-ρ570)) / ρ710