Vegetation index correction to reduce background effects in orchards with high spatial resolution imagery

Jonathan Van Beek; Laurent Tits; Ben Somers; Tom Deckers; Pieter Janssens; Pol Coppin

doi:10.1117/12.2067182

21 October 2014 Vegetation index correction to reduce background effects in orchards with high spatial resolution imagery

Jonathan Van Beek, Laurent Tits, Ben Somers, Tom Deckers, Pieter Janssens, Pol Coppin

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Proceedings Volume 9239, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XVI; 923910 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2067182
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2014, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

High spatial resolution satellite imagery provides an alternative for time consuming and labor intensive in situ measurements of biophysical variables, such as chlorophyll and water content. However, despite the high spatial resolution of current satellite sensors, mixtures of canopies and backgrounds will be present, hampering the estimation of biophysical variables. Traditional correction methodologies use spectral differences between canopies and backgrounds, but fail with spectrally similar canopies and backgrounds. In this study, the lack of a generic solution to reduce background effects is tackled. Through synthetic imagery, the mixture problem was demonstrated with regards to the estimation of biophysical variables. A correction method was proposed, rescaling vegetation indices based on the canopy cover fraction. Furthermore, the proposed method was compared to traditional background correction methodologies (i.e. soil-adjusted vegetation indices and signal unmixing) for different background scenarios. The results of a soil background scenario showed the inability of soil-adjusted vegetation indices to reduce background admixture effects, while signal unmixing and the proposed method removed background influences for chlorophyll (ΔR² = ~0.3; ΔRMSE = ~1.6 μg/cm²) and water (ΔR² = ~0.3; ΔRMSE = ~0.5 mg/cm²) related vegetation indices. For the weed background scenario, signal unmixing was unable to remove the background influences for chlorophyll content (ΔR² = -0.1; ΔRMSE = -0.6 μg/cm ² ), while the proposed correction method reduced background effects (ΔR²= 0.1; ΔRMSE = 0.4 μg/cm²). Overall, the proposed vegetation index correction method reduced the background influence irrespective of background type, making useful comparison between management blocks possible.

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Jonathan Van Beek, Laurent Tits, Ben Somers, Tom Deckers, Pieter Janssens, and Pol Coppin "Vegetation index correction to reduce background effects in orchards with high spatial resolution imagery", Proc. SPIE 9239, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XVI, 923910 (21 October 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2067182

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