The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) is a simple graphical indicator that can be used to analyze remote sensing measurements, typically, but not necessarily, from a space platform, and assess whether the target being observed contains live green vegetation or not.
Datasets obtained from the following websites under ISRO were used for training the neural network:
- MOSDAC (Meteorological & Oceanographic Satellite Data Archival Centre) and
- VEDAS (Visualisation of Earth observation Data and Archival System)
Features extracted were:
- Rainfall
- Soil Moisture
- Soil Temperature
- Air Temperature
These features were used to predict the NDVI value of a piece of farmland in the approaching month based on the input latitude and longitude.