SuperView-2 MNDWI
Modified Normalized Difference Water Index for SuperView-2
Water Satellite Provider: SPACEWILL
Applications
open water feature detection
water body mapping
urban water monitoring
flood detection
wetland mapping
surface water change detection
reservoir monitoring
Quick Stats
Category: water
Sensor: SuperView-2
Provider: SPACEWILL
Bands Used: 2
Description
The Modified Normalized Difference Water Index (MNDWI) was developed by Xu (2006) as an improvement over the original NDWI. By substituting the NIR band with SWIR, MNDWI can enhance open water features while efficiently suppressing noise from built-up areas, vegetation, and soil. This makes it particularly suitable for water detection in urban environments.
Formulas
General Formula
SuperView-2 Specific Formula
(Green - SWIR) / (Green + SWIR)Spectral Band Visualization
Band Wavelengths
Green: 520-600
SWIR: 1550-1750
Code Examples
mndwi.py
References
Xu, H. (2006) - Modification of Normalised Difference Water Index (NDWI) to Enhance Open Water Features in Remotely Sensed Imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27(14), 3025-3033