Mapping Glacier Forelands Based on UAV BVLOS Operation in Antarctica

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Maciej Dąbski, Anna Zmarz, Mirosław Rodzewicz, Małgorzata Korczak-Abshire, Izabela Karsznia, Katarzyna Lach, Grzegorz Rachlewicz, Katarzyna Chwedorzewska
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: unmanned aerial vehicle; bvlos operations; photointerpretation; geomorphological mapping; glacial forelands; glacial landforms; western antarctica; king george island; Science; Q; Antarctic; Baranowski Glacier; Ecology Glacier; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; Sphinx; Sphinx Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12040630; https://doaj.org/article/2c0db895cc734c369c64e00eaf6dedba

The aim of this article is to show geomorphological mapping of remote Antarctic locations using images taken by a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during the Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations. We mapped landform assemblages developed in forelands of Ecology Glacier (EGF), Sphinx...