| Index | Formula | Water Value | Old Landsat Bands | Landsat 8 OLI Bands | Sentinel-2 Bands | Notes |
| Normalized Difference Vegetation Index | NDVI = (NIR ? Red)/(NIR + Red) | Negative | 4,3 | 5,4 | 8,4 | The opposite of the water index--water is low on the NDVI, but high on NDWI |
| Normalized Difference Water Index--default | NDWI = (Green ? NIR)/(Green + NIR) | Positive | 2,5 | 3,5 | 3,8 | monitor changes related to water content in water bodies, defined by McFeeters (1996). |
| Normalized Difference Water Index | NDWI=(NIR ? SWIR)/(NIR +SWIR) | 8A,11 | monitor changes in water content of leaves, using near-infrared (NIR) and short-wave infrared (SWIR) wavelengths, proposed by Gao in 1996. | |||
| Normalized Difference Water Index | NDWI = (NIR - MIR) / (NIR + MIR) | 8A,12 | vegetation index sensitive to the water content of vegetation and is complementary to the NDVI. High NDWI values show a high water content of the vegetation. | |||
| Modified Normalized Difference Water Index | MNDWI1 = (Green ? SWIR1)/(Green + SWIR1) MNDWI2 = (Green ? SWIR2)/(Green + SWIR2) |
Positive | 2,7 | 3,6 3,7 |
3, 11 (different spatial resolutions) 3, 12 (different spatial resolutions) |
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