Alien Plant Monitoring with Ultralight Airborne Imaging Spectroscopy

Correction: Alien Plant Monitoring with Ultralight Airborne Imaging Spectroscopy

Effective management of invasive plants requires a precise determination of their distribution. Remote sensing techniques constitute a promising alternative to field surveys and hyperspectral sensors (also known as imaging spectrometers, with a large number of spectral bands and high spectral resolution) are especially suitable when very similar categories are to be distinguished (e.g. plant sp...

Modelling plant species distribution in alpine grasslands using airborne imaging spectroscopy.

Remote sensing using airborne imaging spectroscopy (AIS) is known to retrieve fundamental optical properties of ecosystems. However, the value of these properties for predicting plant species distribution remains unclear. Here, we assess whether such data can add value to topographic variables for predicting plant distributions in French and Swiss alpine grasslands. We fitted statistical models...

Regional Mapping of Plant Functional Types in River Floodplain Ecosystems Using Airborne Imaging Spectroscopy Data

Monitoring and forecasting of natural vegetation succession is essential for optimal management of river floodplain ecosystems in Western Europe. For example the development of woody vegetation types (e.g., softwood forest) increases the hydraulic resistance of the floodplain and can have negative effects on the discharge capacity of the river. However, from a biodiversity point-of-view this de...

Monitoring of Plant Chlorophyll and Nitrogen Status Using the Airborne Imaging Spectrometer AVIS

Distributed embedded system for ultralight airplane monitoring

This paper presents distributed embedded monitoring system that is developed for small aircrafts, sports and ultralights airplanes. System is made from modules connected by industrial bus CAN. This low cost system is trying to solve bad situation with many ultralights without any digital measurement unit due to their prices. The contribution shows basic architecture of the embedded monitoring s...