doceo/astroPi2122

The aim of the project is to study the variation of biomass on planet Earth. To achieve this goal, it was assumed to photograph the planet with the infrared camera, identifying the areas with the presence of vegetation through NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) processing. To obtain the state and the variation of biomass in a given period of time, a comparison with archive photographs was hypothesized. Substantially, the software verifies that the space station flies over a sunlit area, taking photographs with a cadence compatible with the memory occupation established by Team AstroPi. The project foresees the study of the collected photographs, comparing the ndvi value of the biomass areas not covered by clouds with the value of the archive photographs, in order to verify the differences and possible contractions of the areas covered by vegetation.