SCoWISubtractive Coastal Water Index

WaterMultispectralCitation Rank #277

Summary

The Subtractive Coastal Water Index (SCoWI) is a water spectral index intended for multispectral sensing. It was introduced in 2024; its source is cited as Erwin W. J. Bergsma, Adrien N. Klotz, Stéphanie Artigues, Marcan Graffin, Anna Prenowitz, Jean-Marc Delvit, & Rafael Almar (2024). Shoreliner: A Sub-Pixel Coastal Waterline Extraction Pipeline for Multi-Spectral Satellite Optical Imagery. Remote Sensing, 16(15). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16152795 .

Based on the latest citation data, this index is in the 13.25th percentile overall, ranking 277 out of 317 indices with citation data. Among the 31 indices published within two years of 2024, it ranks 5 (87.1th percentile). Within the water application domain, it is in the 21.88th percentile and ranks 26 out of 32 indices with citation data. Among the 6 similarly aged water indices, it ranks 3 (66.67th percentile).

Formula

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

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.

Reductions

No contextual reductions are used in this index.

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bibtex

@article{ASI_SCoWI,
  author = {Erwin W. J. Bergsma and Adrien N. Klotz and Stéphanie Artigues and Marcan Graffin and Anna Prenowitz and Jean-Marc Delvit and Rafael Almar},
  title = {Shoreliner: A Sub-Pixel Coastal Waterline Extraction Pipeline for Multi-Spectral Satellite Optical Imagery},
  journal = {Remote Sensing},
  volume = {16},
  number = {15},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.3390/rs16152795},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16152795}
}

text

Erwin W. J. Bergsma, Adrien N. Klotz, Stéphanie Artigues, Marcan Graffin, Anna Prenowitz, Jean-Marc Delvit, & Rafael Almar (2024). Shoreliner: A Sub-Pixel Coastal Waterline Extraction Pipeline for Multi-Spectral Satellite Optical Imagery. Remote Sensing, 16(15). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16152795

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Date contributed2026-03-31