Evaluation of an unmanned airborne system for monitoring marine mammals

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 347-357

  Koski, William R ^a   Allen, Travis ^b   Ireland, Darren ^c   Buck, Greg ^c   Smith, Paul R ^d   Macrender, A Michael ^e   Halick, Melissa A ^d   Rushing, Chris ^f   Sliwa, David J ^g   McDonald, Trent L ^h  

^a LGL LIMITED   (Canada)

^b Shell Exploration and Production Co   (United States)

^c LGL Alaska Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^e Shell Exploration and Production Co   (United States)

^f Evergreen Helicopters Inc   (United States)

^g Insitu Group   (United States)

^h WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Altitude; Beaufort wind force; Cetacean abun dance; Cetacean distribution; Color; Search width video; UAS; Unmanned air borne system; Wind

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALTITUDE; BIOMONITORING; COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; DETECTION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNMANNED VEHICLE; WHALE;

NORTH AMERICA; PORT TOWNSEND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70449129618     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.35.3.2009.347     Document Type: Article

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