Ndsi critera for snowfields

EO Products / Scripts
1

I have downloaded a NDSI layer, but rather many large lakes are shown as snow fields. What is the best way to differentiate real lakes from snowfields. The ndwi layer shows the laked correctly.

2

One option would be to combine NDWI and NDSI and show water if NDWI identifies water and NDSI otherwise, e.g.:

let viz = new Identity();
function setup(ds) {
    setInputComponents([ds.B03, ds.B11, ds.B04, ds.B02, ds.B08]);
    setOutputComponentCount(3);
}
function evaluatePixel(samples) {
    let ndsi = index(samples[0].B03, samples[0].B11);
    let ndwi = index(samples[0].B03, samples[0].B08);

    //if ndwi is more than 0, show water  
    if (ndwi>0) return colorBlend(Math.pow(ndwi,0.25), [0,1], [[1,1,1],[0,0,0.8]]);
    
    //otherwise process snow mask  
    else
	{
	    if (ndsi>0.42) return [1,0,0];
    		else return [2.5*samples[0].B04, 2.5*samples[0].B03,2.5*samples[0].B02];
    		return viz.process(ndsi);
	}  
}

However, in a few cases I tried, the script above showed water in some places where there is snow (not so difficult to understand…). Perhaps you need to fine-tune the thresholds a bit.

3

Thanks for your proposal.

What module should I use for this?
EOBroswer, snap, …?
What is the programming language?
With kind regards
Per-Olof Harden

4

I changed your script, and I got a result where I can differentiate snowfields and lakes.Snow%20fields%20and%20lakes|690x388

I would like your help on how to calculate the area for the snow field within Sentinel EOBrowser…

I can do this with ArcGIS and “maximum liklyhood”, by using “test polygons”, but I would prefer to do this within EOBrrowser.

Is this possible?
With kind regards
Per-Olof Harden

5

The language above is JavaScript and you can configure Sentinel Hub processing with it.
Check this link:
https://www.sentinel-hub.com/custom-processing-scripts
and

You can simply copy-paste it in EO Browser (or Playgroung) in “Custom” tag, then clicking the “advanced” switch.

Can you send changed script in some other way, e.g. copy-pasting it here. The link above does not work for some reason. Do also send lat/lon and date, which you used for testing, so that I can take a look myself.

Would you like to get area in sq. km? This is unfortunately not possible directly. You could output the result in JSON/SHP (https://www.sentinel-hub.com/develop/documentation/api/output-formats) and then use some other GIS tool to measure the area.

There is a “measure” tool in EO Browser, but you need to do manual polygon drawing…