Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research
Abstract Antarctica plays a fundamental role in the Earth's climate, oceanic circulation and global ecosystem. It is a priority and a scientific challenge to understand its functioning and responses under different scenarios of global warming. However, extreme environmental conditions, seasonal...
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crspringernat:10.1038/s41598-021-01228-z 2023-05-15T14:11:53+02:00 Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research Tovar-Sánchez, Antonio Román, Alejandro Roque-Atienza, David Navarro, Gabriel Spanish Government projects Spanish FPU grant 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01228-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01228-z.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01228-z en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Scientific Reports volume 11, issue 1 ISSN 2045-2322 Multidisciplinary journal-article 2021 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01228-z 2022-01-04T16:57:29Z Abstract Antarctica plays a fundamental role in the Earth's climate, oceanic circulation and global ecosystem. It is a priority and a scientific challenge to understand its functioning and responses under different scenarios of global warming. However, extreme environmental conditions, seasonality and isolation hampers the efforts to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the physical, biological, chemical and geological processes taking place in Antarctica. Here we present unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as feasible, rapid and accurate tools for environmental and wildlife research in Antarctica. UAV surveys were carried out on Deception Island (South Shetland Islands) using visible, multispectral and thermal sensors, and a water sampling device to develop precise thematic ecological maps, detect anomalous thermal zones, identify and census wildlife, build 3D images of geometrically complex geological formations, and sample dissolved chemicals (< 0.22 µm) waters from inaccessible or protected areas. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Deception Island South Shetland Islands Springer Nature (via Crossref) Antarctic Deception Island ENVELOPE(-60.633,-60.633,-62.950,-62.950) South Shetland Islands Scientific Reports 11 1 |
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Abstract Antarctica plays a fundamental role in the Earth's climate, oceanic circulation and global ecosystem. It is a priority and a scientific challenge to understand its functioning and responses under different scenarios of global warming. However, extreme environmental conditions, seasonality and isolation hampers the efforts to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the physical, biological, chemical and geological processes taking place in Antarctica. Here we present unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as feasible, rapid and accurate tools for environmental and wildlife research in Antarctica. UAV surveys were carried out on Deception Island (South Shetland Islands) using visible, multispectral and thermal sensors, and a water sampling device to develop precise thematic ecological maps, detect anomalous thermal zones, identify and census wildlife, build 3D images of geometrically complex geological formations, and sample dissolved chemicals (< 0.22 µm) waters from inaccessible or protected areas. |
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Tovar-Sánchez, Antonio Román, Alejandro Roque-Atienza, David Navarro, Gabriel |
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Tovar-Sánchez, Antonio Román, Alejandro Roque-Atienza, David Navarro, Gabriel |
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Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research |
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Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research |
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Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research |
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Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research |
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