Use of fixed-wing and multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles to map dynamic changes in a freshwater marsh

Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 193-202

  Marcaccio, James V ^a   Markle, Chantel E ^a   Chow Fraser, Patricia ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fixed wing; Habitat mapping; Multi rotor; Unmanned aerial vehicle; Vegetation identification; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ECOSYSTEMS; FIXED WINGS; PHANTOMS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VEGETATION; WATER; WETLANDS;

EMERGENT VEGETATION; FRESHWATER MARSHES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; OVERALL ACCURACIES; SEASONAL CHANGES; SPECIES AT RISKS; VEGETATION CLASS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 85043422360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22913467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/juvs-2015-0016     Document Type: Article

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