Selection of appropriate class uas/sensors to support fire monitoring: Experiences in the united states

Handbook of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 2723-2754

  Zajkowski, Thomas ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; FIRES; FORESTRY; MANAGERS; NASA;

DISASTER MONITORING; FIRE MONITORING; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; INTELLIGENCE GATHERING; MEDIUM ALTITUDE , LONG ENDURANCES; U.S. FOREST SERVICE; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS; WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84933587228     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9707-1_73     Document Type: Chapter

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