How the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) Is Used to Map Flooding
The Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) is a widely used remote-sensing index that helps detect and measure water—both as surface water and as moisture in vegetation—using satellite imagery. Like the more familiar NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), NDWI exploits the fact that different surfaces reflect sunlight differently across spectral bands. That makes it a powerful, … Read more