Estimation of Nitrogen in the Soil of Balsa Trees in Ecuador Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Cesar I. Alvarez-Mendoza; Ana Teodoro; Joselin Quintana; Karen Tituana

doi:10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9323953

Estimation of Nitrogen in the Soil of Balsa Trees in Ecuador Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Cesar I. Alvarez-Mendoza
, Ana Teodoro
, Joselin Quintana
, Karen Tituana

Environmental Research Group for Sustainable Development (GIADES)

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Abstract

The use of remote sensing considering Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) is a recent alternative to collect data from different fields. One of the applications is related to soil parameter estimation considering different multispectral vegetation indexes. The typical use is to establish a relationship between the plant health and a vegetation index. However, this is a simple estimation where is not considered any field (soil) validation or real parameter estimation. Thus, this work aims to establish a model to estimate the percentage of nitrogen (N) in the soil, using vegetation indexes obtained from UAV and soil field measurements under balsa trees in Ecuador. The results show a high correlation between the Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (GNDVI) and the soil-nitrogen in comparison with other vegetation indexes, as the Normalized Vegetation Index (NDVI). Thus, this methodology allows to estimate the percentage of N to optimize the balsa production.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2020 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	4610-4613
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728163741
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9323953
State	Published - 26 Sep 2020
Event	2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2020 - Virtual, Waikoloa, United States Duration: 26 Sep 2020 → 2 Oct 2020

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Name	International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

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Conference	2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Virtual, Waikoloa
Period	26/09/20 → 2/10/20

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balsa tree
GNDVI
soil
spatial estimation
UAV

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Alvarez-Mendoza, C. I., Teodoro, A., Quintana, J., & Tituana, K. (2020). Estimation of Nitrogen in the Soil of Balsa Trees in Ecuador Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. In 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2020 - Proceedings (pp. 4610-4613). Article 9323953 (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9323953

Alvarez-Mendoza, Cesar I. ; Teodoro, Ana ; Quintana, Joselin et al. / Estimation of Nitrogen in the Soil of Balsa Trees in Ecuador Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2020 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. pp. 4610-4613 (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)).

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Alvarez-Mendoza, CI, Teodoro, A, Quintana, J & Tituana, K 2020, Estimation of Nitrogen in the Soil of Balsa Trees in Ecuador Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. in 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2020 - Proceedings., 9323953, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 4610-4613, 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2020, Virtual, Waikoloa, United States, 26/09/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9323953

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Estimation of Nitrogen in the Soil of Balsa Trees in Ecuador Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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