SCoWISubtractive Coastal Water Index

Formula ​

B + 2.0 * (G - N) - 0.75 * S1 - 0.5 * S2

Classification ​

• Application domain: Water
• Sensing modalities: Multispectral

Bands ​

• B: Blue.
• G: Green.
• N: Near-Infrared (NIR).
• S1: Short-wave Infrared (SWIR) 1.
• S2: Short-wave Infrared (SWIR) 2.

Polarizations ​

No radar polarizations are used in this index.

Constants ​

No constants are used in this index.

Contributor ​

Index contributed by https://github.com/cmayet on 2026-03-31.