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Available urban environmental monitoring types:

BLFEI - Built-Up Land Features Extraction Index

Bands: G, R, S2, S1

Analysis formula:

(((G+R+S2)/3.0)-S1)/(((G+R+S2)/3.0)+S1)

Works with these satelite data sources:

Sentinel-2
Landsat-OLI
Landsat-TM
Landsat-ETM+
MODIS

Reference paper: https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2018.1497094

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BRBA - Band Ratio for Built-up Area

Bands: R, S1

Analysis formula:

R/S1

Works with these satelite data sources:

Sentinel-2
Landsat-OLI
Landsat-TM
Landsat-ETM+
MODIS

Reference paper: https://www.omicsonline.org/scientific-reports/JGRS-SR136.pdf

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NBAI - Normalized Built-up Area Index

Bands: S2, S1, G

Analysis formula:

((S2 - S1)/G)/((S2 + S1)/G)

Works with these satelite data sources:

Sentinel-2
Landsat-OLI
Landsat-TM
Landsat-ETM+
MODIS

Reference paper: https://www.omicsonline.org/scientific-reports/JGRS-SR136.pdf

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NDBI - Normalized Difference Built-Up Index

Bands: S1, N

Analysis formula:

(S1 - N) / (S1 + N)

Works with these satelite data sources:

Sentinel-2
Landsat-OLI
Landsat-TM
Landsat-ETM+
MODIS

Reference paper: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431160304987

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NHFD - Non-Homogeneous Feature Difference

Bands: RE1, A

Analysis formula:

(RE1 - A) / (RE1 + A)

Works with these satelite data sources:

Sentinel-2

Reference paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Using-WorldView-2-Vis-NIR-MSI-Imagery-to-Support-Wolf/5e5063ccc4ee76b56b721c866e871d47a77f9fb4

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PISI - Perpendicular Impervious Surface Index

Bands: B, N

Analysis formula:

0.8192 * B - 0.5735 * N + 0.0750

Works with these satelite data sources:

Sentinel-2
Landsat-OLI
Landsat-TM
Landsat-ETM+
MODIS
Planet-Fusion

Reference paper: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10101521

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UI - Urban Index

Bands: S2, N

Analysis formula:

(S2 - N)/(S2 + N)

Works with these satelite data sources:

Sentinel-2
Landsat-OLI
Landsat-TM
Landsat-ETM+
MODIS

Reference paper: https://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXI/congress/part7/321_XXXI-part7.pdf

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VIBI - Vegetation Index Built-up Index

Bands: N, R, S1

Analysis formula:

((N-R)/(N+R))/(((N-R)/(N+R)) + ((S1-N)/(S1+N)))

Works with these satelite data sources:

Sentinel-2
Landsat-OLI
Landsat-TM
Landsat-ETM+
MODIS

Reference paper: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2012.687842

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VgNIRBI - Visible Green-Based Built-Up Index

Bands: G, N

Analysis formula:

(G - N)/(G + N)

Works with these satelite data sources:

Sentinel-2
Landsat-OLI
Landsat-TM
Landsat-ETM+
MODIS
Planet-Fusion

Reference paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.03.037

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VrNIRBI - Visible Red-Based Built-Up Index

Bands: R, N

Analysis formula:

(R - N)/(R + N)

Works with these satelite data sources:

Sentinel-2
Landsat-OLI
Landsat-TM
Landsat-ETM+
MODIS
Planet-Fusion

Reference paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.03.037

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