Title

Remotely piloted aircraft: Forest and ecology applications

Authors

Curtis Edson, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

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Publication Date

10-5-2017

Description

In the summer of 2017 three new research projects were started using remotely piloted aircraft (drone) to collect forest and ecological data. In Michigan Technological University's research forest (Ford Forest) we began a forest biomass study by collecting imagery, including visible spectrum from a drone, as well as hyperspectral and LiDAR imagery from a human pilot aircraft; in the Hiawatha National Forest we collected visible and near-infrared (NIR) imagery for invasive species remediation and coastal wetlands mapping; and in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta Canada we collected visible and NIR imagery in support of an ongoing ecological study observing interactions between grassland, aspen (Populus tremuloides), fire, elk (Cervus canadensis), and bison (Bison bison).

Disciplines

Forest Sciences

Recommended Citation

Edson, Curtis, "Remotely piloted aircraft: Forest and ecology applications" (2017). TechTalks. 53.
https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/techtalks/53