{"id":2726,"date":"2016-08-18T15:22:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T15:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richardmudhar.com\/blog\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2016-08-18T18:05:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T18:05:12","slug":"ndvi-investigations-of-compost-enhanced-crops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richardmudhar.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/ndvi-investigations-of-compost-enhanced-crops\/","title":{"rendered":"NDVI investigations of compost-enhanced crops"},"content":{"rendered":"

I made a couple of NDVI images of the beans which had been greatly improved using compost<\/a> compared to those grown without. The principles of NDVI as based on that<\/p>\n

Generally, healthy vegetation will absorb most of the visible light that falls on it, and
\nreflects a large portion of the near-infrared light. Unhealthy or sparse vegetation reflects
\nmore visible light and less near-infrared light.[ref]Understanding the NDVI PDF<\/a>[\/ref]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Knowing that, it’s possible to see in the NDVI image that the compost-grown beans do seem to be reflecting more IR relative to visble light, I find this easier to qualify from the greyscale image<\/p>\n

\"Greyscale<\/a>
Greyscale version of the NDVI image, proportionally more IR is reflected from the beans growing at the back, which are in the compost extract treated soil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There’s also hardly any IR patchiness within individual leaves in the compost-extract assisted plants at the back compared with the plants in the foreground – all were planted at the same time.<\/p>\n

The polytunnel with the tomatoes was treated entirely with compost extract, because of this we have no control. The tomatoes look good<\/p>\n

\"Tomatoes<\/a>
Tomatoes in the polytunnel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"This<\/a>
This NDVI image shows the fruit reflects very little IR, they do not take part in photosynthesis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

More about NDVI processing in the original post<\/a><\/p>\n

NASA<\/a><\/p>\n

Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

Landscape Toolbox<\/a><\/p>\n

with this chart showing why the difference between IR and vis reflectivity is key<\/p>\n

\"1608_veg_spectral_response\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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