Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research

Abstract Antarctica plays a fundamental role in the Earth's climate, oceanic circulation and global ecosystem. It is a priority and a scientific challenge to understand its functioning and responses under different scenarios of global warming. However, extreme environmental conditions, seasonal...

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Autores principales:	Antonio Tovar-Sánchez, Alejandro Román, David Roque-Atienza, Gabriel Navarro
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:676115068a9f4ab18d2563b4422e73082021-11-08T10:48:59ZApplications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research10.1038/s41598-021-01228-z2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/676115068a9f4ab18d2563b4422e73082021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01228-zhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Antarctica plays a fundamental role in the Earth's climate, oceanic circulation and global ecosystem. It is a priority and a scientific challenge to understand its functioning and responses under different scenarios of global warming. However, extreme environmental conditions, seasonality and isolation hampers the efforts to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the physical, biological, chemical and geological processes taking place in Antarctica. Here we present unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as feasible, rapid and accurate tools for environmental and wildlife research in Antarctica. UAV surveys were carried out on Deception Island (South Shetland Islands) using visible, multispectral and thermal sensors, and a water sampling device to develop precise thematic ecological maps, detect anomalous thermal zones, identify and census wildlife, build 3D images of geometrically complex geological formations, and sample dissolved chemicals (< 0.22 µm) waters from inaccessible or protected areas.Antonio Tovar-SánchezAlejandro RománDavid Roque-AtienzaGabriel NavarroNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
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description	Abstract Antarctica plays a fundamental role in the Earth's climate, oceanic circulation and global ecosystem. It is a priority and a scientific challenge to understand its functioning and responses under different scenarios of global warming. However, extreme environmental conditions, seasonality and isolation hampers the efforts to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the physical, biological, chemical and geological processes taking place in Antarctica. Here we present unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as feasible, rapid and accurate tools for environmental and wildlife research in Antarctica. UAV surveys were carried out on Deception Island (South Shetland Islands) using visible, multispectral and thermal sensors, and a water sampling device to develop precise thematic ecological maps, detect anomalous thermal zones, identify and census wildlife, build 3D images of geometrically complex geological formations, and sample dissolved chemicals (< 0.22 µm) waters from inaccessible or protected areas.
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title	Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research
title_short	Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research
title_full	Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research
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title_full_unstemmed	Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research
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Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research

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