Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in cryosphere: Latest advances and prospects

C Gaffey, A Bhardwaj - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Owing to usual logistic hardships related to field-based cryospheric research, remote
sensing has played a significant role in understanding the frozen components of the Earth …

UAVs for science in Antarctica

P Pina, G Vieira - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing is a very powerful tool that has been used to identify, map and monitor
Antarctic features and processes for nearly one century. Satellite remote sensing plays the …

[HTML][HTML] Intercomparison of small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) measurements for atmospheric science during the LAPSE-RATE campaign

L Barbieri, ST Kral, SCC Bailey, AE Frazier, JD Jacob… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) are rapidly transforming atmospheric research.
With the advancement of the development and application of these systems, improving …

Meta-analysis of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery for agro-environmental monitoring using machine learning and statistical models

R Eskandari, M Mahdianpari, F Mohammadimanesh… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) imaging systems have recently gained significant attention
from researchers and practitioners as a cost-effective means for agro-environmental …

Innovative strategies for observations in the arctic atmospheric boundary layer (ISOBAR)—the Hailuoto 2017 campaign

ST Kral, J Reuder, T Vihma, I Suomi, E O'Connor… - Atmosphere, 2018 - mdpi.com
The aim of the research project “Innovative Strategies for Observations in the Arctic
Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ISOBAR)” is to substantially increase the understanding of the …

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Remote Sensing for Antarctic Research: A review of progress, current applications, and future use cases

Y Li, G Qiao, S Popov, X Cui… - … and Remote Sensing …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Antarctica has been significantly influenced by global climate change. Owing to the
spatiotemporal limitations of existing datasets, budgetary constraints, logistical challenges …

Wind gust measurement techniques—From traditional anemometry to new possibilities

I Suomi, T Vihma - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Information on wind gusts is needed for assessment of wind-induced damage and risks to
safety. The measurement of wind gust speed requires a high temporal resolution of the …

The new BELUGA setup for collocated turbulence and radiation measurements using a tethered balloon: first applications in the cloudy Arctic boundary layer

U Egerer, M Gottschalk, H Siebert… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - amt.copernicus.org
Abstract The new BELUGA (Balloon-bornE moduLar Utility for profilinG the lower
Atmosphere) tethered balloon system is introduced. It combines a set of instruments to …

The innovative strategies for observations in the Arctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer Project (ISOBAR): Unique finescale observations under stable and very stable …

ST Kral, J Reuder, T Vihma, I Suomi… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Innovative Strategies for Observations in the Arctic Atmospheric Boundary
Layer Program (ISOBAR) is a research project investigating stable atmospheric boundary …

Unmanned aerial systems for investigating the polar atmospheric boundary layer—Technical challenges and examples of applications

A Lampert, B Altstädter, K Bärfuss, L Bretschneider… - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) fill a gap in high-resolution observations of meteorological
parameters on small scales in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). Especially in the …