Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Tovar-Sánchez, Antonio, Román, Alejandro, Roque-Atienza, David, Navarro, Gabriel
• Other Authors: Spanish Government projects, Spanish FPU grant
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary; Antarctic; Deception Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: 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

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...