Bare Soil Index (BSI) is generally used to identify the differences between the agricultural and non-agricultural vegetation. Bare soil is indicator normalized index in the soil reflectance depending soil characteristics. (Chen et al., 2004).
Usage
BSI (SWIR, RED, NIR, BLUE)
Value
Bare Soil Index
Arguments
SWIR
Short-wave infrared spectral band
RED
Red spectral band
NIR
Near-infrared spectral band
BLUE
Blue spectral band
References
Chen, W., Liu, L., Zhang, C., Wang, J., Wang, J., & Pan, Y. (2004). Monitoring the seasonal bare soil areas in Beijing using multi-temporal TM images. Int. Geosci. Remote Sens. Symp., 5, 3379–3382.