Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in a multi-scale vegetation index study of Arctic plant communities in Adventdalen on Svalbard ...

• Main Authors: Tommervik, Hans, Karlsen, Stein-Rune, Nilsen, Lennart, Johansen, Bernt, Storvold, Rune, Zmarz, Anna, Becker, Pieter S., Johansen, Kjell-Sture, Hogda, Kjell-Arild, Goetz, Scott, Park, Tjaejin, Zagajewski, Bogdan, Myneni, Ranga B., Bjerk, Jarle W.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: EARSeL eProceedings 2014
• Subjects: Unmanned Aircraft Systems; UAS; NDVI; Adventdalen; Arctic; Norway; Svalbard; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.12760/02-2014-1-09; http://eproceedings.org/vol13_S1/13_S1_tommervik1.html

Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) gives the opportunity to carry out research with a reduced environmental footprint. Unmanned aircraft, including both fixed wing and multi rotor types (helicopters) allow us to collect very high resolution image data for vegetation mapping without the need for...