Information for Sensor and Index

Formula

General Formula 860nm - 1240nm 860nm + 1240nm
Specific Formula 54 - 94 54 + 94
Calculated Automatic
Comment

Sensor

Name AVIRIS
Full Name Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
Bands 224
Spectrum [nm] 355.15-2515
Spat.Res. [m] 20-20
Inclination 0
Platform airborne
Operator NASA
Date of Launch 1987-00-00
Comment
Usable for Indices yes
Description

Index

Name Normalized Difference 860/1240 Normalized Difference Water Index
Abbreviation NDWI
Formula 860nm - 1240nm 860nm + 1240nm
Variables
Expl. of Variables
Wavelengths 860,1240
Source Original formula
Description

References

Nr. Author/Title Year Comment
1 Ceccato, Pietro; Gobron, Nadine; Flasse, Stéphane; Pinty, Bernard; Tarantola, Stefano - Designing a spectral index to estimate vegetation water content from remote sensing data: Part 1: Theoretical approach 2002
2 Gao, Bo-cai - NDWI—A normalized difference water index for remote sensing of vegetation liquid water from space 1996

Visualisation

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