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Did you know drones can collect information about crops using wavelengths that aren’t visible to the human eye? Farmers can use this spectral information to calculate vegetative indices, which use two or more bands of light to calculate values for each pixel in an image. Various indices can be used to assess relevant plant characteristics, such as chlorophyll or water content. The most commonly used index is the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). NDVI uses red and near-infrared bands to highlight the green of the chlorophyll in healthy plants and can be used to spot problem crops up to two weeks before physical signs of distress appear. A similar measure is the Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI). In places where soil quality may vary within the site of interest, this index minimizes soil brightness and emphasizes data from vegetation. Another useful measure is the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI), which uses near-infrared and short-wave infrared wavelengths to monitor changes in the water content of leaves. There are so many other indices, including Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Visual Atmospheric Resistance Index (VARI), Normalized Difference Red Edge (NDRE), Leaf Area Index (LAI), and more. Read descriptions of these indices here: https://lnkd.in/eY_A4_dD #dronesforgood #agriculture #farming #precisionagriculture #ndvi #multispectral #vegetationindex #remotesensing Follow me (Kat James) to learn more about #dronesforgood. This month I'm talking about drones for precision agriculture.