UAV photogrammetry for mapping vegetation in the low-Arctic

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Robert H. Fraser, Ian Olthof, Trevor C. Lantz, Carla Schmitt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2016
• Subjects: unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); unmanned aircraft system (UAS); Arctic; shrubs; vegetation; Structure-from-Motion; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Northwest Territories; Tuktoyaktuk; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2016-0008; https://doaj.org/article/0f29b401f0604de68a48b6336b1ba7f2

Plot-scale field measurements are necessary to monitor changes to tundra vegetation, which has a small stature and high spatial heterogeneity, while satellite remote sensing can be used to track coarser changes over larger regions. In this study, we explored the potential of unmanned aerial vehicle...