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UAV
SIG Summary
UAV systems are becoming established as platforms for remote sensing activity both for High-Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) missions and for low-altitude lightweight fixed-wing, helicopters and blimp / balloons / microlites.
The benefits of UAVs mainly lie in the ease, rapidity and cost of flexibility of deployment that lends itself to many land surface measurement and monitoring applications.
The past 5 years have seen a steady flow of high quality peer-review papers and research theses on remote sensing from UAV platforms for innovative applications. High altitude UAV platforms offer opportunities for innovative atmospheric science (primarily) while small, low-altitude systems are ideal for monitoring of crops, coastal algal blooms, riparian and rangeland vegetation and even for photogrammetry and laser scanning.
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SIG Convenor
Prof Daniel Donoghue
