Sentinel-2 WET

Tasselled Cap - wetness for Sentinel-2

Water Satellite Provider: ESA

Applications

Soil moisture assessment
Wetland mapping
Irrigation monitoring
Drought detection
Vegetation water stress analysis

Quick Stats

Category: water
Sensor: Sentinel-2
Provider: ESA
Bands Used: 6

Description

The wetness component of the Tasselled Cap transformation, which relates to soil and canopy moisture. Positive values indicate wet conditions while negative values indicate dry conditions.

Formulas

General Formula

Sentinel-2 Specific Formula

0.1509 * B1 + 0.1973 * B3 + 0.3279 * B4 + 0.3406 * B8 - 0.7112 * B11 - 0.4572 * B12

Spectral Band Visualization

Band Wavelengths

blue: 450-520
green: 520-600
red: 630-690
nir: 760-900
swir1: 1550-1750
swir2: 2080-2350

Code Examples

wet_tc.py

References

Bannari et al. (1995). A review of vegetation indices.
Crist & Cicone (1984). A Physically-Based Transformation of Thematic Mapper Data---The TM Tasseled Cap.