In recent years, UAV remote sensing has gradually attracted the attention of scientific
researchers and industry, due to its broad application prospects. It has been widely used in …

Background: Open Access Editor's Choice Review A Technical Study on UAV
Characteristics for Precision Agriculture Applications and Associated Practical Challenges …

This study presents a three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction model based on unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) images for dam emergency monitoring and inspection. The structure …

This paper reviews the diverse applications of drone technologies in the built environment
and their role in climate change research. Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) …

Salt marshes are dynamic systems able to laterally expand, contract, and vertically accrete
in response to sea level rise. Here, we present the grand challenges that need to be …

A rapidly rising amount of plastic litter on land and at sea is becoming a global wicked
environmental problem. Here, we present an innovative exploratory application of …

It is an effective way to execute a complicated mission by cooperating unmanned vehicles.
This paper focuses on a search-and-track (SAT) mission for an underwater target, and the …

Debris flows represent one of the most dangerous types of mass movements, because of
their high velocities, large impact forces and long runout distances. This review describes …

Abstract Structure-from-motion (SfM) and multi-view stereo (MVS) algorithms coupled with
the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become a popular tool in the geosciences …

Topographic and geomorphological surveys of coastal areas usually require the aerial
map** of long and narrow sections of littoral. The georeferencing of photogrammetric …