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Sentinel-2 NDBI (10 m)

Satellite rasters

Built-up density index at 10 m — reveals impervious surface patterns at block scale. Use this as a citywide satellite backdrop — helpful for seeing fine-grained patterns behind neighbourhood averages.

Legend scale
-1 – 1 NDBI
Map preview of Sentinel-2 NDBI (10 m)
Preview uses a continuous legend from -1 to 1 NDBI

What it shows

Normalized Difference Built-up Index. Red (built-up intensity > 0.1) = dense built-up or bare soil. Blue (built-up intensity < −0.2) = vegetation or water. Higher built-up intensity correlates with higher land surface temperature — use this to identify heat-driving surfaces.

Data sources

Sentinel-2 L2A SWIR1 (B11) and NIR (B8) bands at 10–20 m, median composite, cloud-masked.

How it was prepared

Satellite scenes are filtered for cloud and quality issues, converted to the mapped indicator, and published as map tiles clipped to Zagreb.