Awesome Spectral Indices

Awesome Spectral Indices is a standardized machine-readable catalogue of spectral indices for remote sensing in Earth system research. Currently, the catalogue has 228 spectral indices grouped in 7 application domains: vegetation, water, burn, snow, urban, radar, and kernel indices. Note that radar and kernel indices represent methodological approaches.

Each index in the catalogue consists of an item with 9 attributes, listed as follows:

1. short_name: Short name (acronym) of the index.
2. long_name: Long name (original name) of the index.
3. application_domain: Application domain of the index (one of the 7 above-mentioned groups).
4. formula: Formula of the index given as a standardized expression.
5. bands: Required bands and additional parameters for the index computation.
6. platforms: List of platforms with the required bands for the index computation.
7. reference: Link to the index source.
8. date_of_addition: Date of addition to the catalogue.
9. contributor: GitHub user link of the index contributor.

The catalogue is released in two formats: JSON and CSV. The JSON file follows a key-value model with the index acronym as key and the 9 attributes as value. The CSV file follows a relational model with indices as rows and the 9 attributes as columns. The two filenames are:

• spectral-indices-dict.json (JSON file)
• spectral-indices-table.csv (CSV file) 

In addition, the following files describing bands and constants are included:

• bands.json
• constants.json

For a complete and detailed description, please see github.com/awesome-spectral-indices/awesome-spectral-indices. The dynamic GitHub repository includes the source code used to create the catalogue.