Table 1. Quantitative characterization of common and image-derived indices.

Index	Wavelengths/bands	DB	CB	R2
Image guided indices (ratiometric)
Image-guided index	1529 nm/1416 nm	5.128	0.006	0.970
SRC	1459 nm/1129 nm	1.142	0.319	0.964
Weber (WC)	(1459–1129 nm)/1129 nm	1.142	0.319	0.964
Michelson (MC)	(1460 nm–1421 nm)/(1460 nm + 1421 nm)	0.239	0.788	0.989
Band indices
Narrow band*	From 1300 to 1500 nm	0.777	0.460	0.982
Broadband*	From 800 to 1600 nm	0.286	0.751	0.970
Single band*	1416 nm	0.318	0.728	0.970
Single band*	1529 nm	0.192	0.826	0.985
Traditional indices (bandratios)
WBI	900 nm/970 nm	0.181	0.834	0.998
MSI	1599 nm/819 nm	0.846	0.429	0.972
NDWI	(857 nm–1241 nm)/(857 nm + 1241 nm)	0.500	0.607	0.989

D_B - Bhattacharyya distance, C_B - Bhattacharyya coefficient, R² –goodness of fit of the bimodal Gaussian distribution, *Referenced to light intensity.