Remote Sensing and UAV Vegetation Index comparison with On-Site FAPAR Measurement

ALADIN was a two-year project dedicated to precision irrigation. It integrates different systems for collecting information (monitoring of crop conditions in site, from drone and satellite), processing of responses (irrigation prescription maps) and implementation in the field (variable rate irrigating machine). The experimental protocol was tested in two different farms in the Emilia Romagna region on two important crops, maize and tomato. Several indices from UAV were calculated, starting from single bands, and together with the NDVI index from UAV and Satellite, correlated to the crop vigour condition, and plants water status. Results will be used to produce prescription maps for precision irrigation.