Use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in a multi-scale vegetation index study of arctic plant communities in Adventdalen on Svalbard

• Main Authors: Tømmervik, Hans, Karlsen, Stein-Rune, Nilsen, Lennart, Johansen, Bernt, Storvold, Rune, Zmarz, Anna, Beck, Pieter S., Høgda, Kjell Arild, Goetz, Scott, Park, Taejin, Zagajewski, Bogdan, Myneni, Ranga B., Bjerke, Jarle W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories 2014
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Plant geography: 496; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Plantegeografi: 496; Arctic; Svalbard; Norway; Adventdalen; Polar willow; Tundra
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/6651; https://doi.org/10.12760/02-2014-1-09

Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) gives the opportunity to carry out research with a re-duced 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...