The basic idea behind gauging the health of plants from orbit, or the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, is actually pretty simple: absorb red and blue light (thus our verdant forests), and ...

Using the AVHRR reflectance data it is possible to derive such vegetation variables consistently over large regions (regional and continental) and for long time periods. The Normalized Difference ...

While the results of this project illustrates a correlation, it does not directly illustrate the health impact of the vegetation along highway 400. For improvement of this project, it is recommended ...

A perfect storm of climate extremes set the stage for devastating wildfires in Los Angeles in early 2025. After two ...

The researchers estimated the total vegetation each child was exposed to, using satellite data to calculate a so-called NDVI (Normalized ... plants that impact human health. With that knowledge ...