Dronesourcing: a modular, expandable multi-sensor UAV platform for combined, real-time environmental monitoring

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 8-10, 2017, Pages 2757-2770

  Tripolitsiotis, Achilleas ^a,b   Prokas, Nikolaos ^a   Kyritsis, Sarantis ^a   Dollas, Apostolos ^a   Papaefstathiou, Ioannis ^a   Partsinevelos, Panagiotis ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b R D Department   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DRONES;

AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT; COOPERATIVE CAPABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLIGHT CONTROLLERS; MAP GENERATION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; TEMPORAL MEASUREMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AIRCRAFT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; REAL TIME; SENSOR; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 85012050299     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1287975     Document Type: Article

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