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Use of UAS data in plant ecological research in High Arctic environment

Tildelt: kr 0,27 mill.

Use of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) is a new opportunity for carry out research within plant science by minimizes the environmental footprint of research activities. Unmanned aircraft, combining both fixed wing multi rotor types will allow scientist to co llect image data for vegetation analysis on all scales ranging from detailed mapping with cm resolution allowing to resolve species to fine scale sub-millimeter imagery allow determination of growth rates on individual plants on selected plots, all withou t having any personnel walking into the field disturbing ground and wildlife or in other applications reduce the number of visits. The small electric drones planned used makes very little noise and will cause minimal disturbance. The projects main goal is to explore, evaluate, and recommend UAS-borne sensors in High Arctic ecosystems in the surroundings of Ny-Ålesund. We focus on testing different sensors for mapping individual plants, groups of plants, identify tracks, measure radiance/irradiance, and he ight of plants for estimating plant production and plant biomass. A strong multidisciplinary team from four countries participates, new cooperation will be established, and ongoing cooperation will be strengthened. This project contributes to SSF?s strate gic objectives by exploring new technology in order to reduce environmental impact of plant ecological research, it utilizes effectively the infrastructure in Ny-Ålesund, and it suggests further development of observation systems for SIOS. The results wil l be presented for the NySMaC committee and at the Ny-Ålesund Seminar. The method of ?low cost - low impact - close range? remote sensing in High Arctic ecosystems will be made available to other scientists and can be used on related biological research w here non-intrusive measurements are needed.

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