High resolution imagery collection utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for post-disaster studies

Advances in Hurricane Engineering: Learning from Our Past - Proceedings of the 2012 ATC and SEI Conference on Advances in Hurricane Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 777-793

  Adams, Stuart M ^a   Levitan, Marc L ^b   Friedland, Carol J ^c  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

data collection; disaster assessment; disaster investigation; imagery collection; multi hazards; UASs; UAVs; unmanned aerial systems; unmanned aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER INVESTIGATIONS; MULTI-HAZARDS; UASS; UAVS; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DISASTERS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; HURRICANES; TORNADOES;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84887465330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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