Coastal and Environmental Remote Sensing from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: An Overview

Klemas, V.V., 2015. Coastal and environmental remote sensing from unmanned aerial vehicles: An overview. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) offer a viable alternative to conventional platforms for acquiring high-resolution remote-sensing data at lower cost and increased operational flexibility. UAVs in...

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Published in:Journal of coastal research Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 1260 - 1267
Main Author: Klemas, Victor V.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Fort Lauderdale The Coastal Education and Research Foundation 01.09.2015
Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Inc
Allen Press Inc
Subjects:
Aircraft
Altitude
Balloons
Bathymetry
blimp remote sensing
Cameras
Coastal
coastal remote sensing
Control systems
Design
Drone remote sensing
Flight control systems
Helicopters
Hurricanes
Lidar
Marine
Military aircraft
Oil spills
Payloads
Platforms
quadcopter remote sensing
Remote sensing
REVIEW ARTICLES
Review s
Sensors
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Urban studies
Wetlands
Wildfires
PN, Arctic
ISSN:0749-0208, 1551-5036
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Summary:Klemas, V.V., 2015. Coastal and environmental remote sensing from unmanned aerial vehicles: An overview. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) offer a viable alternative to conventional platforms for acquiring high-resolution remote-sensing data at lower cost and increased operational flexibility. UAVs include various configurations of unmanned aircraft, multirotor helicopters (e.g., quadcopters), and balloons/blimps of different sizes and shapes. Quadcopters and balloons fill a gap between satellites and aircraft when a stationary monitoring platform is needed for relatively long-term observation of an area. UAVs have advanced designs to carry small payloads and integrated flight control systems, giving them semiautonomous or fully autonomous flight capabilities. Miniaturized sensors are being developed/adapted for UAV payloads, including hyperspectral imagers, LIDAR, synthetic aperture radar, and thermal infrared sensors. UAVs are now used for a wide range of environmental applications, such as coastal wetland mapping, LIDAR bathymetry, flood and wildfire surveillance, tracking oil spills, urban studies, and Arctic ice investigations.
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ISSN:0749-0208
1551-5036
DOI:10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-15-00005.1