PhenoCam Camera NDVI ROI (RGB/IR Image Pair) Statistics File Format

The Camera NDVI ROI statistics file is created by combining the RGB and IR ROI statistics files. An example Camera NDVI ROI statistics file is below (for display purposes the lines have been broken with a '\' character):

#
#
# NDVI statistics timeseries for alligatorriver
#
# Site: alligatorriver
# Veg Type: DB
# ROI ID Number: 1000
# Lat: 35.7879
# Lon: -75.9038
# Elev: 1
# UTC Offset: -5
# Resize Flag: False
# Version: 1
# Creation Date: 2021-12-03
# Creation Time: 10:00:17
# Update Date: 2021-12-03
# Update Time: 10:00:17
#
date,local_std_time,doy,filename_rgb,filename_ir,solar_elev,exposure_rgb,exposure_ir,mask_index,\
r_mean,g_mean,b_mean,ir_mean,ir_std,ir_5_qtl,ir_10_qtl,ir_25_qtl,ir_50_qtl,ir_75_qtl,ir_90_qtl,ir_95_qtl,gcc,\
Y,Z_prime,R_prime,Y_prime,X_prime,NDVI_c
2012-05-06,07:31:09,127,alligatorriver_2012_05_06_073109.jpg,alligatorriver_IR_2012_05_06_073032.jpg,27.9754,355,67,1,\
91,107,54,96,20.5030,61.0000,70.0000,84.0000,99.0000,111.0000,122.0000,128.0000,0.4226,\
96.7480,11.8496,4.8755,5.1348,6.7147,0.1587
2012-05-06,08:01:09,127,alligatorriver_2012_05_06_080109.jpg,alligatorriver_IR_2012_05_06_080031.jpg,34.0538,224,40,1,\
96,107,48,99,21.2579,62.0000,72.0000,87.0000,101.0000,114.0000,126.0000,132.0000,0.4255,\
97.7713,15.7978,6.4400,6.5326,9.2652,0.1799
2012-05-06,08:31:09,127,alligatorriver_2012_05_06_083109.jpg,alligatorriver_IR_2012_05_06_083031.jpg,40.1044,148,18,1,\
92,104,49,96,25.1568,57.0000,67.0000,81.0000,96.0000,112.0000,130.0000,141.0000,0.4246,\
94.6368,22.8614,7.5662,7.7791,15.0823,0.3319

Comments lines at the beginning of the file are preceeded with '# ' and include some basic site metadata along with creation and update dates and times.  (The long lines have been broken up here with a '\' character for display only.)

 

The columns in the file are described below:

  • date: local date for image
  • local_std_time: local standard time
  • doy: day of year
  • filename_rgb: RGB filename
  • filename_ir: IR filename
  • solar_elev: solar elevation angle
  • exposure_rgb: exposure of RGB image
  • exposure_ir: exposure of IR image
  • mask_index: index into mask list
  • r_mean: mean red digital number (DN) over the ROI
  • g_mean: mean green digital number (DN) over the ROI
  • b_mean: mean blue digital number (DN) over the ROI
  • ir_mean: mean digital number (DN) over the ROI from the IR image
  • ir_std: standard deviation of digital number (DN) over the ROI from the IR image
  • ir_5_qtl,ir_10_qtl,ir_25_qtl,ir_50_qtl,ir_75_qtl,ir_90_qtl,ir_95_qtl: the 5,10,...,90,95 quantile values of the DN values over the ROI
  • Y,Z_prime,R_prime,Y_prime,X_prime: intermediate values for camera NDVI calculation
  • NDVI_c: camera NDVI as calculated in Petach, et al.