NDMINormalized Difference Moisture Index

Summary

The Normalized Difference Moisture Index (NDMI) is a vegetation spectral index intended for multispectral sensing. It was introduced in 2002; its source is cited as Emily Hoffhine Wilson, & Steven A Sader (2002). Detection of forest harvest type using multiple dates of Landsat TM imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 80(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/s0034-4257(01)00318-2 🡕.

Based on the latest citation data, this index is in the 75.72th percentile overall, ranking 77 out of 313 indices with citation data. Among the 49 indices published within two years of 2002, it ranks 25 (51.02th percentile). Within the vegetation application domain, it is in the 67.77th percentile and ranks 69 out of 211 indices with citation data. Among the 41 similarly aged vegetation indices, it ranks 23 (46.34th percentile).