Apparatus for monitoring a health status of a tree

Abstract

An apparatus for monitoring a health status of a tree, including sensors configured to perform measurements of parameters indicative of the health status of the tree, and a processing system configured to process the measurements provided by the sensors. The apparatus is configured to be attached to the tree to be monitored, and to perform measurements on a foliage of the tree. The sensors include at least a multispectral sensor to carry out optical measurements on the foliage of the tree, which multispectral sensor is configured to take optical measurements in the visible spectrum and the near infrared spectrum. The apparatus is also configured to compute a Normalized Difference Vegetation Index of the relevant tree based on the optical measurements carried out by the multispectral sensor.

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