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Single or multiple water index methods have been applied in the extraction of surface water with satisfactory results. Extending our previous study, the authors evaluated six different machine learning algorithms: Naive Bayes (NB), recursive partitioning and regression trees (RPART), neural networks (NNET), support vector machines (SVM), random forest (RF), and gradient boosted machines (GBM) to extract surface water in Nepal. With three secondary bands, slope, NDVI and NDWI, the algorithms were evaluated for performance with the addition of extra information. As a result, all the applied machine learning algorithms, except NB and RPART, showed good performance. RF showed overall accuracy (OA) and kappa coefficient (Kappa) of 1 for the all the multiband data with the reference dataset, followed by GBM, NNET, and SVM in metrics. The performances were better in the hilly regions and flat lands, but not well in the Himalayas with ice, snow and shadows, and the addition of slope and NDWI showed improvement in the results. Adding single secondary bands is better than adding multiple in most algorithms except NNET. From current and previous studies, it is recommended to separate any study area with and without snow or low and high elevation, then apply machine learning algorithms in original Landsat data or with the addition of slopes or NDWI for better performance.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s19122769","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,20]],"date-time":"2019-06-20T10:49:59Z","timestamp":1561027799000},"page":"2769","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":87,"title":["Evaluation of Machine Learning Algorithms for Surface Water Extraction in a Landsat 8 Scene of Nepal"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0886-4201","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tri Dev","family":"Acharya","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Industrial Technology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea"},{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea"},{"name":"School of Geomatics and Urban Spatial Information, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 102616, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3585-9005","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anoj","family":"Subedi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Campus, Tribhuvan University, Pokhara 33700, Nepal"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6934-1247","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dong Ha","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Khanal, N.R., Chalise, S.R., and Pokhrel, A.P. 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