Scientific Reports of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

Technologies for environmental monitoring of the city

O. Bahatska, N. Pasichnyk, О. Opryshko
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Abstract

IoT technologies in the Big Data concept can radically change approaches in agricultural practices, but it is necessary to work out methods of processing and interpreting information that can be effective in crop practice. Since the dimensions of plants are too small for satellite imagery, the development of technologies can be done on trees whose dimensions are sufficient for their identification in satellite imagery. The purpose of the work is to identify and assess the condition of plantations, in particular trees, with the determination of their positioning on satellite images of megacities. Digital photographs created by optical and infrared lenses of the Obolonskyi district of Kyiv were used for the research. It was found that in the optical range for objects under direct sunlight, plant identification is possible, while shaded areas are identified with significant errors. When using the index for IR shooting IRtree = C1 - C2 + 100 it was possible to identify individual ranges that belong to the crown of trees and grass in direct sunlight and to some extent in the shade, which could not be achieved with the index for optical range GBtree = G - B + 100. Monochrome infrared and optical images were not suitable for plant identification, because when objects were in the shadow of buildings, the ranges of intensity of the color components of plants were superimposed on the ranges of foreign objects. For infrared and optical satellite images, spectral indices have been proposed that take into account several color components to assess the condition of plantations. For tree crowns under direct sunlight, approximately the same results were obtained for the proposed indices. However, the indices proposed for infrared photography are more selective, as they were able to identify separately the crowns of trees and plants on lawns, both in direct sunlight and in the shade of buildings

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indices, satellite monitoring, IoT, biogas

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Bahatska, O., Pasichnyk, N., & Opryshko, О. (2021). Technologies for environmental monitoring of the city. Scientific Reports of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, 17(5),156-166. https://doi.org/10.31548/dopovidi2021.05.014
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