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I have a simple model that iterates through folders to collect imagery, mosaics them and clips the mosaic to a study area boundary. I need to produce an NDVI from the clipped 4-band mosaic "sa11_4band.tif" by incorporating the raster calculator into the model. The problem I am encountering is that the individual bands do not appear in the raster calculator when I incorporate the raster calculator tool. How should I separate the raster bands from "sa11_4band.tif" in order to perform the necessary calculation in the raster calculator?:

Float("sa11_4band.tif - Band_4"-"sa11_4band.tif - Band_3")/Float("sa11_4band.tif - Band_4" + "sa11_4band.tif - Band_3")

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Typically with most ArcGIS raster tools if you need to access an individual band you refer to it as an extension to the file name.

For example: c:\path\to\my\raster.tif\band1

I haven't had to use this since 9.3, but it definitely worked in the calculator then. I never used it in a model, but it should work the same since the model is just calling the calculator tool.

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  • Would this apply given that the 4-band mosaic has not been created until right before the raster calculator is called in the model?
    – Aaron ♦
    Jan 15, 2013 at 16:06
  • I'm not sure. I would think so as long as the file is not in memory.
    – Brian
    Jan 15, 2013 at 16:34
  • Thank you, that saved me! An important tip is to copy the name from your raster instead of type it. Wrong Characters may cause erros in your model.
    – Bruno ReZende
    May 23, 2018 at 23:13

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