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NBLINormalized Difference Bare Land Index
SoilMultispectralThermalCitation Rank #236
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Summary
The Normalized Difference Bare Land Index (NBLI) is a soil spectral index intended for multispectral and thermal sensing. It was introduced in 2017; its source is cited as Hui Li, Cuizhen Wang, Cheng Zhong, Aijun Su, Chengren Xiong, Jinge Wang, & Junqi Liu (2017). Mapping Urban Bare Land Automatically from Landsat Imagery with a Simple Index. Remote Sensing, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9030249 .
Based on the latest citation data, this index is in the 25.56th percentile overall, ranking 236 out of 313 indices with citation data. Among the 51 indices published within two years of 2017, it ranks 31 (41.18th percentile). Within the soil application domain, it is in the 35.29th percentile and ranks 12 out of 17 indices with citation data. Among the 7 similarly aged soil indices, it ranks 5 (42.86th percentile).
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Formula
(R - T)/(R + T)Bands
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