Unmanned Aerial Vehicle – Efficient mapping tool available for recent research in polar regions

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) have technical capabilities to extended usage in various fields ofscience. The existing UAVs are to be relatively easily accessible in the near future. It is possible to equip them with different sensors but there are still some usage limitations. This paper focuses on...

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Main Authors: Stuchlík, Radim, Stachoň, Zdeněk, Láska, Kamil, Kubíček, Petr
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Masaryk Univerzity 2015
Subjects:
UAV
mapping
spatial analysis
Svalbard
3D
visual images
thermal images
Svalbard Archipelago
Nordenskiöldbreen
Online Access:http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/12878
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Summary:Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) have technical capabilities to extended usage in various fields ofscience. The existing UAVs are to be relatively easily accessible in the near future. It is possible to equip them with different sensors but there are still some usage limitations. This paper focuses ondemonstrating UAVs usage for research in polar regions. The research in polar regions is very specific and, due to harsh climate, limits the field work with UAVs. The options and limitations are presented in a case study performed in the Nordenskiöldbreen area, Svalbard Archipelago. In the end some derived products suitable for further analysis are presented.

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