NBUINew Built-Up Index

Formula ​

((S1 - N)/(10.0 * (T + S1) ** 0.5)) - (((N - R) * (1.0 + L))/(N - R + L)) - (G - S1)/(G + S1)

Classification ​

• Application domain: Urban
• Sensing modalities: Multispectral, Thermal

Bands ​

• S1: Short-wave Infrared (SWIR) 1.
• N: Near-Infrared (NIR).
• T: Thermal Infrared.
• R: Red.
• G: Green.

Polarizations ​

No radar polarizations are used in this index.

Constants ​

Contributor ​

Index contributed by https://github.com/davemlz on 2022-04-18.