Tree Canopy Analysis Improving Forest and Tree Health through Aerial Spectral Measurement Team Members: Yaw Amoatin, Adam Hrycyk, Alex Yoon Faculty Adviser: Dr. Carl Elks Sponsor: Enrichmond Sponsor Mentor: Mr. John Sydnor Synopsis System Design Conclusion Ø 50% of trees planted each year in the city suffer from drought distress and varying diseases resulting in premature mortality. Ø Lost return on investment, additional manpower to remove dead trees. Ø Desire for a more comprehensive solution to city tree monitoring. Ø Enhance “Big Data” collection of urban tree health. Ø Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) provides a cost effective platform for large area forest surveillance. Ø UAS + GoPro camera + Modified lens + Software analysis. Ø Photo map produced with adjusted pixel values according to software analysis. Ø High photosynthetic activity zones marked in red and low to nonexistent zones marked in blue to purple. Ø Output log records photo levels of low activity for further inspection. Technical Approach Ø This system will provide a streamlined, effective method of tree monitoring to help improve overall tree health and diversity as well as quality of life for residents and visitors. Ø It enables early detection of tree distress. Blue NDVI = NIR−Blue NIR+Blue Ø Modified camera lens is equipped with a red-visible spectrum bandstop filter and a Near-Infrared (NIR) bandpass filter. Ø Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) equation modified to take NIR and Blue pixel values as function variables. Ø Resulting value from -1 (Unhealthy) to 1 (Healthy) with 0 indicating lack of vegetation. Future Ø Possible system integration with quadcopter Ground Control Station software for waypoint navigation. Ø Subsequent waypoint navigation integration with software analysis for GPS logging.

Team Members: Yaw Amoatin, Tree Canopy Analysis Members: Yaw Amoatin, Adam Hrycyk ... Sponsor: Enrichmond Sponsor Mentor: Mr. John Sydnor Synopsis System ... Ø Possible system integration

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Page 1: Team Members: Yaw Amoatin, Tree Canopy Analysis Members: Yaw Amoatin, Adam Hrycyk ... Sponsor: Enrichmond Sponsor Mentor: Mr. John Sydnor Synopsis System ... Ø Possible system integration

Tree Canopy AnalysisImproving Forest and Tree Health through Aerial Spectral Measurement

Team Members: Yaw Amoatin,Adam Hrycyk, Alex YoonFaculty Adviser: Dr. Carl ElksSponsor:EnrichmondSponsor Mentor:Mr. John Sydnor

Synopsis System Design

Conclusion

Ø 50% of trees planted each year in the city suffer from drought distress and varying diseases resulting in premature mortality.Ø Lost return on investment, additional manpower to remove dead trees.Ø Desire for a more comprehensive solution to city tree monitoring.Ø Enhance “Big Data” collection of urban tree health.

Ø Unmanned Aerial System(UAS) provides a cost effectiveplatform for large area forestsurveillance.Ø UAS + GoPro camera +Modified lens + Softwareanalysis.Ø Photo map produced withadjusted pixel values accordingto software analysis.Ø High photosynthetic activityzones marked in red and lowto nonexistent zones markedin blue to purple.Ø Output log records photo levels of low activity for furtherinspection.

Technical Approach

Ø This system will provide a streamlined, effective method of tree monitoring to help improve overall tree health and diversity as well as quality of life for residents and visitors.Ø It enables early detection of tree distress.

Blue NDVI = NIR−BlueNIR+Blue

Ø Modified camera lens is equipped with a red-visible spectrum bandstop filter and a Near-Infrared (NIR) bandpass filter.Ø Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) equation modified to take NIR and Blue pixel values as function variables.

Ø Resulting value from -1 (Unhealthy) to 1 (Healthy) with 0 indicating lack of vegetation.

FutureØ Possible system integration with quadcopter GroundControl Station software for waypoint navigation.Ø Subsequent waypoint navigation integration with softwareanalysis for GPS logging.