NNear-Infrared (NIR).
PIPlastic Index
WaterMultispectralCitation Rank #193
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Summary
The Plastic Index (PI) is a water spectral index intended for multispectral sensing. It was introduced in 2020; its source is cited as Kyriacos Themistocleous, Christiana Papoutsa, Silas Michaelides, & Diofantos Hadjimitsis (2020). Investigating Detection of Floating Plastic Litter from Space Using Sentinel-2 Imagery. Remote Sensing, 12(16). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12162648 .
Based on the latest citation data, this index is in the 38.66th percentile overall, ranking 193 out of 313 indices with citation data. Among the 73 indices published within two years of 2020, it ranks 19 (75.34th percentile). Within the water application domain, it is in the 61.29th percentile and ranks 13 out of 31 indices with citation data. Among the 13 similarly aged water indices, it ranks 2 (92.31th percentile).
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Formula
N/(N + R)Bands
RRed.