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BRBABand Ratio for Built-up Area

UrbanMultispectralCitation Rank #234

Summary

The Band Ratio for Built-up Area (BRBA) is a urban spectral index intended for multispectral sensing. It was introduced in 2012; its source is cited as W. Muhammad (2012). Development of New Indices for Extraction of Built-Up Area & Bare Soil from Landsat Data. https://www.omicsonline.org/scientific-reports/JGRS-SR136.pdf .

Based on the latest citation data, this index is in the 25.56th percentile overall, ranking 234 out of 313 indices with citation data. Among the 27 indices published within two years of 2012, it ranks 22 (22.22th percentile). Within the urban application domain, it is in the 42.11th percentile and ranks 12 out of 19 indices with citation data. Among the 10 similarly aged urban indices, it ranks 7 (40th percentile).

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Formula

R/S1

Bands

R

Red.

S1

Short-wave Infrared (SWIR) 1.

Polarizations

No radar polarizations are used in this index.

Constants

No constants are used in this index.

Reductions

No contextual reductions are used in this index.

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