Get a time series of NDVI statistics for a field polygon without downloading full imagery, using the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem's Sentinel Hub Statistical API.
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Steps
Authenticate to the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem and obtain a Sentinel Hub access token.
Define the field polygon as the area of interest and specify the time interval to analyze.
Provide an evalscript defining the NDVI (or other index) calculation and the statistical measures to compute (e.g., mean, standard deviation).
Submit the request to the Statistical API and receive a JSON result with per-interval statistics for the polygon, rather than a rendered image.
Use the returned time series to track vegetation trend/crop growth over the season for the field.
Known gotchas
Statistical API responses are pre-aggregated JSON, not imagery; the Process API is needed separately if underlying pixels are required.
Cloud cover and data gaps still affect statistics; the dataMask logic in the evalscript determines what's excluded from the aggregation.
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