Applications of unmanned aerial systems (UASs) in hydrology: A review

M Vélez-Nicolás, S García-López, L Barbero… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
In less than two decades, UASs (unmanned aerial systems) have revolutionized the field of
hydrology, bridging the gap between traditional satellite observations and ground-based …

Uncrewed aerial systems in water resource management and monitoring: a review of sensors, applications, software, and issues

V Mishra, R Avtar, AP Prathiba… - Advances in Civil …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) are becoming very popular in the domain of water
resource mapping and management (WRMM). Being a cheaper and quicker option capable …

WeedMap: A large-scale semantic weed mapping framework using aerial multispectral imaging and deep neural network for precision farming

I Sa, M Popović, R Khanna, Z Chen, P Lottes… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
The ability to automatically monitor agricultural fields is an important capability in precision
farming, enabling steps towards more sustainable agriculture. Precise, high-resolution …

Advancements of remote data acquisition and processing in unmanned vehicle technologies for water quality monitoring: An extensive review

DY Kwon, J Kim, S Park, S Hong - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Regular water quality monitoring is becoming desirable due to the increase in water
pollution caused by both climate change and the generation of industrial chemicals …

Can drones be used to conduct water sampling in aquatic environments? A review

HT Lally, I O'Connor, OP Jensen, CT Graham - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Advancements in drone technology have seen the development of drone-assisted water
sampling payloads resulting in the ability of drones to retrieve water samples and physico …

Online informative path planning for active classification using uavs

M Popović, G Hitz, J Nieto, I Sa… - … on robotics and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we introduce an informative path planning (IPP) framework for active
classification using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Our algorithm uses a combination of …

[HTML][HTML] Drones can reliably, accurately and with high levels of precision, collect large volume water samples and physio-chemical data from lakes

CT Graham, I O'Connor, L Broderick… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid development and application of drone technology has included water sampling
and collection of physiochemical data from lakes. Previous research has demonstrated the …

Atmospheric sampling on ascension island using multirotor UAVs

C Greatwood, TS Richardson, J Freer, RM Thomas… - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
As part of an NERC-funded project investigating the southern methane anomaly, a team
drawn from the Universities of Bristol, Birmingham and Royal Holloway flew small …

Using unmanned aerial vehicles to sample aquatic ecosystems

K Song, A Brewer, S Ahmadian… - Limnology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In limnology, aquatic samplings are labor‐intensive, and research locations can be hindered
by limited accessibility. As lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can provide …

BVLOS UAS operations in highly-turbulent volcanic plumes

K Wood, EJ Liu, T Richardson, R Clarke… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Long-range, high-altitude Unoccupied Aerial System (UAS) operations now enable in-situ
measurements of volcanic gas chemistry at globally-significant active volcanoes. However …