Soil Moisture Predictions Using Reflectance Values

Rebecca Brennan’s project aims to predict soil moisture content using reflectance values collected with the NDVI camera in combination with thermal temperature values. The end goal of her project is to inform growers of soil moisture variability and drainage issues in a quick and non invasive way using an UAS. State Bog is one of two sites, and represents heavily vegetated bogs. She is also working at a grower site in Carver where renovated bogs have been planted sequentially, with areas of 0, 1, 2, and 3 years of vine growth. Brennan recently collected some nighttime images from this site, and is in the process of stitching them together to form a larger image.

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A thermal image of the State Bog.

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A Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) of the State Bog.

Other Projects

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Route 9 Tracking

UMassAir fellow Cole Fitzpatrick (UMass Amherst), Chengbo Ai (UMass Amherst) and Danjue Chen (UMass Lowell) are conducting several different analyses of traffic behavior.

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mongrel vine project

Mongrel Vine Project

Hilary A. Sandler, the Director of the UMass Cranberry Station, is conducting a study of the identification and expansion of off-type cranberry vines in commercial farms using UAS

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Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: 800-123-456
Email: umassair@umass.edu

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