Research Article

Google Earth Engine for Advanced Land Cover Analysis from Landsat-8 Data with Spectral and Topographic Insights

Table 2

Number of input variables for the SVM approach utilized to generate the land cover map.

CategoryDescriptionInput variables number

Spectral bandsBlue, green, red, near-infrared, SWIR1, SWIR2, and thermal infrared bands 10 and 118
Spectral indicesNDVI, NDBI, and NDWI3
Topographic featuresSlope and elevation2
Total variable13