VNIR
{{Short description|Portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between 400–1100 nm}}
Image:Landsat art Ghadamis.jpg in Libya. This is a false-color composite image made using near-infrared, green, and blue wavelengths.]]
The visible and near-infrared (VNIR) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum has wavelengths between approximately 400 and 1100 nanometers (nm).{{cite journal
|author1=Moseley, Trevor |author2=Zabierek, Gus
|name-list-style=amp | year = 2006
| title = Guidance On The Safe Use Of Lasers In Education And Research
| url = http://phys.strath.ac.uk/information/safety/LaserSafety/AURPO_guidance_Lasers.pdf
| access-date = 2007-10-31
| quote = electromagnetic radiation at wavelengths extending from 100 nm in the ultra-violet, through the visible (400-700 nm), and the near infrared (700-1400 nm), to the far infrared (1400 nm – 1 mm). |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070824145132/http://phys.strath.ac.uk/information/safety/LaserSafety/AURPO_guidance_Lasers.pdf |archive-date = 2007-08-24}}
It combines the full visible spectrum with an adjacent portion of the infrared spectrum up to the water absorption band between 1400 and 1500 nm.
Some definitions also include the short-wavelength infrared band from 1400 nm up to the water absorption band at 2500 nm.{{cite journal
| author = Waiser, T.H. |author2=Morgan, C.L.S. |author3=Brown, D.J. |author4=Hallmark, C.T.
| year = 2007
| title = In Situ Characterization of Soil Clay Content with Visible Near-Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy
| journal = Soil Science Society of America Journal
| volume = 71
| issue = 2
| pages = 389
| doi = 10.2136/sssaj2006.0211
|bibcode=2007SSASJ..71..389W}}
VNIR multi-spectral image cameras have wide applications in remote sensing and imaging spectroscopy.{{cite journal|author=Ben-dor, E. |author2=Inbar, Y. |author3=Chen, Y. |year=1997 |title=Reflectance spectra of organic matter in the visible near-infrared and short wave infrared region(400-2500 nm) during a controlled decomposition process |journal=Remote Sensing of Environment |volume=61 |issue=1 |pages=1–15 |url=http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/geography/rsl/pdf/eyal_paper/bendor9.pdf |access-date=2007-10-31 |doi=10.1016/S0034-4257(96)00120-4 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060509040628/http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/geography/rsl/pdf/eyal_paper/bendor9.pdf |archive-date=May 9, 2006 |bibcode=1997RSEnv..61....1B }} Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite carried two payloads, among which one was working on the spectral range of VNIR.{{Cite web|title=HySIS (HyperSpectral Imaging Satellite) - Satellite Missions - eoPortal Directory|url=https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/content/-/article/hysis#:~:text=ISRO%20(Indian%20Space%20Research%20Organization,satellite%20for%20launch%20in%202018.&text=HySIS,%20the%20primary%20satellite%20of,(IMS-2)%20bus.|access-date=2021-02-18|website=directory.eoportal.org}}