Un-crewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) derived population counts of gentoo and chinstrap penguin and South Georgia shag colonies on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, 2016-2018
Numbers of nesting birds were manually counted from images collected by low-altitude aerial photography from multirotor Un-crewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Three species were included in this study; gentoo (Pygoscelispapua) and chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarctica) penguin and South Georgia shag (Leucocar...
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UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation
2021
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/f3d9004a-e788-4104-a1a9-54fa80b533a1 https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01462 |
| Summary: | Numbers of nesting birds were manually counted from images collected by low-altitude aerial photography from multirotor Un-crewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Three species were included in this study; gentoo (Pygoscelispapua) and chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarctica) penguin and South Georgia shag (Leucocarbo atriceps georgianus). Data were collected in the 2016/17 and 2017/18 field seasons. : For data collection and analysis please see Dunn et al (2021) : UAV model and photographic equipment 2016/2017 season: DJI Phantom 4 Pro 188 quadcopter with integrated camera mounting a FOV 94degrees 20mm f/2.8 lens UAV model and photographic equipment 2017/2018 season; Inspire 2 quadcopter (DJI Shenzhen, China; https://www.dji.com/uk/inspire-2) with DJI X5s Camera with Micro 4/3 Sensor and wide angle fixed lens DJI MFT 15mm/1.7 ASPH 186 24mm equivalent (https://www.dji.com/zenmuse-x5s/info). Software: AutoPanoGiga Pro, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, Fiji-Image J : All raw data appear as collected and have not been cleaned via post-processing analyses. |
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