Reflection from the leaves of plants

NIR/Vis spectroscopy test
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Andriy Herts, Nataliia Herts

Mar 2016

Hi. Can be used to study the reflection from the leaves of plants? Need to study reflections, 450, 550, 650, 850. I want to calculate NDVI locally. Thanks!

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Greg Austic

Mar 2016

Hmmm... the beta and v1.0 devices are set up for absorbance, where the IR LEDs are on the opposite side of the leaf as the IR detector. However, it's quite easy to just switch the detectors to set up the device for reflectance (IR LEDs on same side as IR detector). There are quite a few people who've been asking for this, and many applications (NIR to estimate carbon in soil, or measuring certain pigments in tomatoes, etc.)... we could certainly do it, or you could when you get it!

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Andriy Herts, Nataliia Herts

Mar 2016

Okay, thank you. We will wait on device v1.0.