Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research
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 i...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/308845 2024-06-23T07:46:39+00:00 Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research Tovar-Sánchez, Antonio Román, Alejandro Roque, David Navarro, Gabriel Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España) Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España) Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (España) 2021-11-05 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10261/308845 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01228-z https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003176 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85118630830 en eng Nature Publishing Group #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/RTI2018-098048-B-I00/ES/EL PAPEL DE LOS PINGUINOS EN LOS CICLOS BIOGEOQUIMICOS DE METALES TRAZA EN EL OCEANO AUSTRAL/ info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI//EQC2018-004275-P info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI//EQC2019-005721 Publisher's version https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01228-z Sí Scientific Reports 11: 21717 (2021) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/308845 doi:10.1038/s41598-021-01228-z 2045-2322 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003176 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 34741078 2-s2.0-85118630830 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85118630830 open Biodiversity Community ecology Ecology Environmental sciences http://metadata.un.org/sdg/15 Protect restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems sustainably manage forests combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2021 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01228-z10.13039/50110000317610.13039/501100011033 2024-05-29T00:02:12Z 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. This research has been funded by the Spanish Government projects PiMetAn (ref. RTI2018-098048-B-I00), EQC2018-004275-P and EQC2019-005721. A. Román is supported by the Spanish FPU Grant (Ref: FPU19/04557). This research is part of the POLARCSIC research initiatives. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Deception Island South Shetland Islands Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Antarctic Deception Island ENVELOPE(-60.633,-60.633,-62.950,-62.950) Román ENVELOPE(-62.050,-62.050,-63.333,-63.333) South Shetland Islands Scientific Reports 11 1 |
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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. This research has been funded by the Spanish Government projects PiMetAn (ref. RTI2018-098048-B-I00), EQC2018-004275-P and EQC2019-005721. A. Román is supported by the Spanish FPU Grant (Ref: FPU19/04557). This research is part of the POLARCSIC research initiatives. Peer reviewed |
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