AggieAir: Towards low-cost cooperative multispectral remote sensing using small unmanned aircraft systems
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Advances in Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Publisher
InTech
Publication Date
10-1-2009
First Page
463
Last Page
490
Abstract
This chapter focuses on using small low-cost unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for remote sensing of meteorological and related conditions over agricultural fields or environmentally important land areas. Small UAS, including unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and ground devices, have many advantages in remote sensing applications over traditional aircraft- or satellite-based platforms or ground-based probes for many applications. This is because small UAVs are easy to manipulate, cheap to maintain, and remove the need for human pilots to per- form tedious or dangerous jobs. Multiple small UAVs can be flown in a group and complete challenging tasks such as real-time mapping of large-scale agriculture areas.
Recommended Citation
Chao, Haiyang; Jensen, Austin; Han, Yiding; Chen, YangQuan; and McKee, Mac, "AggieAir: Towards low-cost cooperative multispectral remote sensing using small unmanned aircraft systems" (2009). Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications. Paper 156.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/ece_facpub/156
