Landsat 8/9 NBR
Normalized Burn Ratio for Landsat 8/9
Vegetation Satellite Provider: USGS/NASA
Applications
Fire Damage Assessment
Burn Severity Mapping
Post-fire Recovery Monitoring
Forest Management
Disaster Response
Quick Stats
Category: vegetation
Sensor: Landsat 8/9
Provider: USGS/NASA
Bands Used: 2
Description
Burn severity index for detecting and monitoring fire damage in vegetation. Higher values indicate healthy vegetation, lower values indicate burned areas.
Formulas
General Formula
Landsat 8/9 Specific Formula
(B5 - B7) / (B5 + B7)Spectral Band Visualization
Band Wavelengths
NIR: 780-1400 nm
SWIR: 1400-3000 nm
Code Examples
nbr.py
References
Key & Benson (2006)