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OSIOil Spill Index

WaterMultispectralCitation Rank #276

Summary

The Oil Spill Index (OSI) is a water spectral index intended for multispectral sensing. It was introduced in 2021; its source is cited as Sankaran Rajendran, Ponnumony Vethamony, Fadhil N. Sadooni, Hamad Al-Saad Al-Kuwari, Jassim A. Al-Khayat, Himanshu Govil, & Sobhi Nasir (2021). Sentinel-2 image transformation methods for mapping oil spill – A case study with Wakashio oil spill in the Indian Ocean, off Mauritius. MethodsX, 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2021.101327 .

Based on the latest citation data, this index is in the 12.14th percentile overall, ranking 276 out of 313 indices with citation data. Among the 57 indices published within two years of 2021, it ranks 43 (26.32th percentile). Within the water application domain, it is in the 16.13th percentile and ranks 27 out of 31 indices with citation data. Among the 11 similarly aged water indices, it ranks 10 (18.18th percentile).

Formula

(G + R)/B

Bands

G

Green.

R

Red.

B

Blue.

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.

Released under the MIT License.