Combining Water Indices to Detect Water Bodies using Landsat 8 OLI

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 470-475
Author(s):  
Michelle V. Japitana ◽  
Chul-Soo Ye ◽  
Marlowe Edgar C. Burce
Keyword(s):  
Water Bodies ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Landsat 8 Oli ◽  
Water Indices

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of Water Indices and Image Classification Algorithms for Mapping Inland Surface Water Bodies Using Landsat Imagery

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1611
Author(s):  
Feifei Pan ◽  
Xiaohuan Xi ◽  
Cheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Image Classification ◽  
Landsat Imagery ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Classification Algorithms ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Blue Band ◽  
Ground Truth Data ◽  
Water Index ◽  
Water Indices

A comparative study of water indices and image classification algorithms for mapping inland water bodies using Landsat imagery was carried out through obtaining 24 high-resolution (≤5 m) and cloud-free images archived in Google Earth with the same (or ±1 day) acquisition dates as the Landsat-8 OLI images over 24 selected lakes across the globe, and developing a method to generate the alternate ground truth data from the Google Earth images for properly evaluating the Landsat image classification results. In addition to the commonly used green band-based water indices, Landsat-8 OLI’s ultra-blue, blue, and red band-based water indices were also tested in this research. Two unsupervised (the zero-water index threshold H0 method and Otsu’s automatic threshold selection method) and one supervised (the k-nearest neighbor (KNN) method) image classification algorithms were employed for conducting the image classification. Through comparing a total of 2880 Landsat image classification results with the alternate ground truth data, this study showed that (1) it is not necessary to use some supervised image classification methods for extracting water bodies from Landsat imagery given the high computational cost associated with the supervised image classification algorithms; (2) the unsupervised classification algorithms such as the H0 and Otsu methods could achieve comparable accuracy as the KNN method, although the H0 method produced more large error outliers than the Otsu method, thus the Otsu method is better than the H0 method; and (3) the ultra-blue band-based AWEInsuB is the best water index for the H0 method, and the ultra-blue band-based MNDWI2uB is the best water index for both the Otsu and KNN methods.

scholarly journals Identification of Water Bodies in a Landsat 8 OLI Image Using a J48 Decision Tree

Sensors ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 1075 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tri Acharya ◽  
Dong Lee ◽  
In Yang ◽  
Jae Lee
Keyword(s):  
Decision Tree ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Landsat 8 Oli ◽  
J48 Decision Tree

scholarly journals A NOVEL METHOD FOR WATER AND WATER CANAL EXTRACTION FROM LANDSAT-8 OLI IMAGERY

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-5 ◽  
pp. 323-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. K. Reddy ◽  
C. V. Rao ◽  
P. R. Kumar ◽  
R. V. G. Anjaneyulu ◽  
B. G. Krishna
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Water Body ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Landsat 8 Oli ◽  
Water Index ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Water Canal ◽  
Water Canals

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Constituents of hydrologic network, River and water canals play a key role in Agriculture for cultivation, Industrial activities and urban planning. Remote sensing images can be effectively used for water canal extraction, which significantly improves the accuracy and reduces the cost involved in mapping using conventional means. Using remote sensing data, the water Index (WI), Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) and Modified NDWI (MNDWI) are used in extracting the water bodies. These techniques are aimed at water body detection and need to be complemented with additional information for the extraction of complete water canal networks. The proposed index MNDWI-2 is able to find the water bodies and water canals as well from the Landsat-8 OLI imagery and is based on the SWIR2 band. In this paper, we use Level-1 precision terrain corrected OLI imagery at 30 meter spatial resolution. The proposed MNDWI-2 index is derived using SWIR2 (B7) band and Green (B3) band. The usage of SWIR2 band over SWIR1 results in very low reflectance values for water features, detection of shallow water and delineation of water features with rest of the features in the image. The computed MNDWI-2 index values are threshold by making the values greater than zero as 1 and less than zero as zero. The binarised values of 1 represent the water bodies and 0 represent the non-water body. This normalized index detects the water bodies and canals as well as vegetation which appears in the form of noise. The vegetation from the MNDWI-2 image is removed by using the NDVI index, which is calculated using the Top of Atmosphere (TOA) corrected images. The paper presents the results of water canal extraction in comparison with the major available indexes. The proposed index can be used for water and water canal extraction from L8 OLI imagery, and can be extended for other high resolution sensors.</p>

scholarly journals Mapping chlorophyll-a concentrations in a cyanobacteria- and algae-impacted Vaal Dam using Landsat 8 OLI data

2018 ◽  
Vol 114 (9/10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oupa E. Malahlela ◽  
Thando Oliphant ◽  
Lesiba T. Tsoeleng ◽  
Paidamwoyo Mhangara
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Chlorophyll A ◽  
Water Quality Assessment ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Landsat 8 Oli ◽  
Inland Water ◽  
Chl A ◽  
Vaal Dam

Mapping chlorophyll-a (chl-a) is crucial for water quality management in turbid and productive case II water bodies, which are largely influenced by suspended sediment and phytoplankton. Recent developments in remote sensing technology offer new avenues for water quality assessment and chl-a detection for inland water bodies. In this study, the red to near-infrared (NIR-red) bands were tested for the Vaal Dam in South Africa to classify chl-a concentrations using Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) data for 2014–2016 by means of stepwise logistic regression (SLR). The moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) data were also used for validating chl-a concentration classes. The chl-a concentrations were classified into low and high concentrations. The SLR applied on 2014 images yielded an overall accuracy of 80% and kappa coefficient (κ) of 0.74 on April 2014 data, while an overall accuracy of 65% and κ=0.30 were obtained for the May 2015 Landsat data. There was a significant (p less than 0.05) negative correlation between chl-a classes and red band in all analyses, while the NIR band showed a positive correlation (0.0001; p less than 0.89) for April 2014 data set. The 2015 image classification yielded an overall accuracy of 83% and κ=0.43. The difference vegetation index showed a significant (p less than 0.003) positive correlation with chl-a concentrations for May 2015 and July 2016, with chl-a ranges of between 2.5 μg/L and 1219 μg/L. These correlations show that a class increase in chl-a (from low to high) is in response to an increase in greenness within the Vaal Dam. We have demonstrated the applicability of Landsat 8 OLI data for inland water quality assessment.

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