Abstract
This paper analyses per pixel change detection of Bordoibam Beelmukh wetlandscape located in Dhemaji district of Assam, India, which covers around 23 sq. km of geographical area. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) are the two remote sensing indices applied for change detection analysis in the study area. IRS LISS III satellite imageries with 23.5 meter spatial resolution have been used to conduct the analysis. These satellite imageries have been collected from NRSC Bhuvan portal with 5 years temporal interval (2008 to 2013). Image differencing technique has been applied to detect per pixel change using NDVI and NDWI difference image results of the wetlandscape. The study has observed per pixel change detection in five distinct categories for both NDVI and NDWI results of the study area. These are increased more than 5 percent, decreased more than 5 percent, some increase, some decrease and unchanged. In this regard, the study reveals that there is maximum change (79% to total change) in increased more than 5 percent category for NDVI, whereas for NDWI maximum change (96% to total change) is observed under decreased more than 5 percent category of the study area. It has been also observed that there are significant changes of both NDVI and NDWI values from 2008 to 2013 in the study area which in turn indicate changes of vegetation and water cover areas of the same.