Remote Sensing Vegetation Indices in Viticulture: A Critical Review

One factor of precision agriculture is remote sensing, through which we can monitor vegetation health and condition. Much research has been conducted in the field sensing analyzing applications, while reviews gather on this examine different scientific methodologies. This work aims to existing indices used viticulture, were calculated from imagery acquired by platforms such as satellites, airplanes UAVs. In review present indices, applications these spatial distribution viticulture early 2000s. A total 143 publications reviewed; 113 them had methods calculate rejected ones have proximal methods. The findings show that most index NDVI, frequently appearing are monitoring estimating vines water stress delineation management zones. More than half use multitemporal analysis UAVs among platforms. Spain Italy countries with one-third referring regional scale whereas others site-specific/vineyard scale. paper more 90 various topics, categorized depending their application spectral bands they using. To summarize, a guide for vineyard assessment.