Review Article

Usage of Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing as Efficient Devices to Increase Agricultural System Yields

Table 1

Remote estimation of crop fractional vegetation covers: the main remote sensing vegetation indicators.

ApplicationSymbolNameFormulaReference

Assessment of the general state of vegetationTVITriangular Vegetation IndexTVI = 0.5 × [120 × (R750 − R550) − 200 × (R670 − R550)][40]
GNDVIGreen Normalized Difference Vegetation IndexGNDVI = (R860 − R550)/(R860 + R550)[41]

Assessment of the amount of photosynthesisREPIRed Edge Position IndexREPI = 700 + 40 × {[(R670 + R780)/2 − R700]/(R740 − R700)}[42]
CTR2CarterCTR2 = R695/R760[43]

Assessment of nitrogen contentNDNINormalized Difference Nitrogen IndexNDNI = [LOG(1/R1510) − LOG(1/R1680)]/[LOG(1/R1510) + LOG(1/R1680)][44]
Assessment of the amount of light used in photosynthesisPRIPhotochemical Reflectance IndexPRI = (R531 − R570)/(R531 + R570)[45]
ZMIZarco-Tejada and Miller IndexZMI = R750/R710[46]

Assessment of the amount of dry biomassPSRIPlant Senescence Reflectance IndexPSRI = (R680 − R500)/R750[47]
NDLINormalized Difference Lignin IndexNDLI = [LOG(1/R1754) −  LOG(1/R1680)]/[LOG(1/R1754) + LOG(1/R1680)][44]
CAICellulose Absorption IndexCAI = [0.5 × (R2000 + R2200)] − R2100[48]

Assessment of water contentWBIWater Band IndexWBI = R970/R900[49]
NDWINormalized Difference Water IndexNDWI = (R857 − R1241)/(R857 + R1241)[50]
DSWIDisease water stress IndexDSWI = (R802 + R547)/(R1657 + R682)[51]