Monitoring Fine-Scale Forest Health Using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Multispectral Models

The Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in Agriculture

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) represent technological developments used for precision agriculture. They provide high-resolution images taken from crops and when specific indices are applied, useful outputs for farm management decision-making are produced. The current paper provides a literature review on the use of UAVs in agriculture and specific applications are presented.

Review of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for Marine Surveys

Peach Flower Monitoring Using Aerial Multispectral Imaging

One of the tools for optimal crop production is regular monitoring and assessment of crops. During the growing season of fruit trees, the bloom period has increased photosynthetic rates that correlate with the fruiting process. This paper presents the development of an image processing algorithm to detect peach blossoms on trees. Images of an experimental peach orchard were acquired from the Pa...

Mission Optimisation and Multi-disciplinary Design of Hybrid Unmanned Aerial Systems (uas) Using Advanced Numerical Techniques

This paper describes the theory and practical application of Hierarchical Synchronous Parallel Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms (HAPMOEA) for mission optimisation of Hybrid Powered Unmanned Aerial Systems (HPUAS). A real design or simulation will have more than one objective such as minimising fuel consumption, drag and/or time to complete the mission. It is usually the case that the pro...

Precision wildlife monitoring using unmanned aerial vehicles.

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) represent a new frontier in environmental research. Their use has the potential to revolutionise the field if they prove capable of improving data quality or the ease with which data are collected beyond traditional methods. We apply UAV technology to wildlife monitoring in tropical and polar environments and demonstrate that UAV-derived counts of colony nesting ...