EP002
Advances in uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) use for Earth and planetary observation

Session ID#: 83210

Session Description:
Uncrewed (or unmanned) aerial vehicles (UAVs) present new opportunities for standoff sampling and measurement, close-range remote-sensing, and detailed reconstruction of Earth and planetary surfaces. UAVs drive innovative studies in many disciplines, targeting a range of challenging environments. New platforms, sensors, operational approaches, and data-analysis techniques drive the growing potential of UAVs in high-impact, and often low-cost, Earth and planetary science research. This session will highlight novel UAV-based studies, especially those using new workflows to address operational, sensor-fusion, and data-reduction obstacles presented by UAVs, or new science communication and outreach methods they enable.

We encourage submissions that describe novel work in any of the following areas: (1) applications of UAVs within Earth and planetary science; (2) platforms, sensors, measurement techniques, and operational approaches for UAV-driven studies; (3) post-processing workflows, data-management practices, and computational tools that focus analysis of UAV data; or (4) methods for visualization and communication of UAV-based science results.

Index Terms:

5464 Remote sensing [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
8040 Remote sensing [STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY]
8485 Remote sensing of volcanoes [VOLCANOLOGY]
9805 Instruments useful in three or more fields [GENERAL OR MISCELLANEOUS]

Primary Convener:  Daven Patel Quinn, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, United States
Conveners:  Alistair Hayden1, Emily Mason2 and Nathaniel Stein1, (1)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States(2)University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Daven Patel Quinn, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, United States
 
Analysis of Rice and Vegetable Growth Using UAV Imagery In Korea (486481)
Kyungdo Lee, HoYong An, ChanWon Park, Kyuho So and Sangil Na, National Institute of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju-gun, JeollaBuk-do, South Korea
 
First experiments with a synthetic aperture radar system on a small commercial drone (501707)
Daniel Henke, Bruno Weber and Julian Fagir, Remote Sensing Laboratories(RSL), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
 
Using UAV imagery to characterize boulder distributions on hillslopes and in channels in the Appalachian Valley and Ridge to assess the role of resistant boulders in topographic preservation (506774)
Kristin Chilton, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Geosciences, Blacksburg, VA, United States and James A Spotila, Virginia PolyTech Inst State U, Blacksburg, VA, United States
 
Annual Dynamics of Surface Morphology of Alluvial and Colluvial Fans in Central Svalbard and SE Iceland: Application of Time-series of UAV Images (512268)
Aleksandra Tomczyk and Marek Ewertowski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
 
Development of Aerial Based Dynamic Photogrammetry Capabilities for Measurement of Near- Source Surface Ground Motion from Buried Explosions (516512)
Kristin E Phillips-Alonge1, Robert E Reinke2, Youmi Kim3, Peter Anderson3, Robert Cilke4 and Laurin Bookout4, (1)Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Albuquerque, CA, United States, (2)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Albuquerque, United States, (4)Applied Research Associates, Albuquerque, United States
 
UAV-based Measurements of the High-Altitude Plume of Manam Volcano (518048)
Santiago R Arellano1, Emma Liu2, Kieran Wood3, Alessandro Aiuppa4, Alfredo Allan5, Marcello Bitetto6, Nicole Bobrowski7, Simon A Carn8, Robert Clarke9, Ernesto Corrales5, Jorge Andres Diaz10, Marie Edmonds11, Tobias P Fischer12, Jim E Freer13, Matthew Fricke14, Bo Galle1, Gustav Gerdes15, Gaetano Giudice16, Jarett Jones14, Alexandra Gutmann17, Emily Mason18, Brendan McCormick19, Kila Mulina20, Scott Nowicki14, Thomas Richardson3, Julian Rüdiger17, Ian Schipper21, Matthew Watson22, Matthew Wordell23 and Zach Voss24, (1)Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, (2)University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (3)University of Bristol, Aerospace Engineering, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom, (4)Università di Palermo, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM), Palermo, Italy, (5)Gas Lab, CICANUM, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, (6)University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, (7)University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, (8)Michigan Technological University, Department of Geological and Mining Engineering & Sciences, Houghton, MI, United States, (9)University of Bristol, Aerospace Engineering, Bristol, United Kingdom, (10)Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, (11)University of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (12)University of New Mexico, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (13)University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom, (14)University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (15)Gerdes Solutions, Stockholm, Sweden, (16)Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Palermo, Italy, (17)Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, (18)University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (19)University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, (20)Rabaul Volcano Observatory, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, (21)Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, (22)University of Bristol, Earth Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom, (23)Freelance photographer, Boise, ID, United States, (24)Retroscope Media, Boise, ID, United States
 
Can airborne lidar point clouds quantify grain size contributions to ground sediment facies? (519576)
Romina Diaz-Gomez, Gregory B Pasternack, Hervé Guillon, Colin Francis Byrne and Samuel Sandoval Solis, University of California Davis, Land, Air, and Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States
 
Helicopters on Mars: Science Benefits and Potential Instrument Payloads of Aerial Vehicles (526095)
Timothy J Parker1, J Bob Balaram2, Ingrid Daubar3, Jonathan Bapst3, Theodore Tzanetos2 and Matthew P Golombek4, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Didro – An Innovative Multi-Sensor UAV System for Routine and Crisis Monitoring of Dikes (536142)
Raphael Antoine1, Marion Tanguy2, Sergio Palma Lopes2 and Jean-Luc Sorin2, (1)Cerema (Centre d'Etudes et d'Expertise sur les Risques, l'Environnement, la Mobilité et l'Aménagement), ENDSUM Project Team, Le Grand Quevilly, France, (2)IFSTTAR Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux, Bouguenais Cedex, France
 
Developing protocols for river rejuvenation using drone technology: a case study from Central India (540871)
Dipro Sarkar and Rajiv Sinha, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Department of Earth Sciences, Kanpur, India
 
A STUDY OF SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUES FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION UAV IMAGERY (548562)
Deepak Tyagi, Roorkee, India, Anuj Tiwari, IIT Roorkee, Civil, Roorkee, India and Anul Haq, NIIT University, Computer Science, Roorkee, India
 
Autonomous Distributed Atmospheric Measurement Acquisition: Three Dimensional Meteorological Measurements using Large Swarms of microUAVs. (551262)
Edward Adcock1, Danette Allen1, James Neilan1 and ADAMA Team, (1)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States
 
From beaches to volcanoes: UAV applications in geoscience using high-resolution topography and aerial magnetic surveys. (553242)
Mel Rodgers1, Rocco Malservisi2, Charles Connor2, Ping Wang3, Laura Connor4, Robert Van Alphen5, Mathieu Vallée5, Mitchell Scott Hastings2 and Judy McIlrath3, (1)University of South Florida Tampa, Tampa, FL, United States, (2)University of South Florida, School of Geosciences, Tampa, FL, United States, (3)Univ South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States, (4)University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States, (5)University of South Florida, Tampa, United States
 
Implementation of a UAV-Based Aeromagnetic Survey System to Detect and Identify MBRL Unexploded Ordnance in Post-Conflict Areas. (553264)
Alex Nikulin, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, United States, Timothy S. de Smet, Binghamton University, Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton, NY, United States, Andrii Puliaiev, Ukrainian Multirotor Technologies, Kyiv, Ukraine and Vasyl Zhurakhov, State Science Research Institute of Armament and Military Technology Testing and Certification, Chernihiv, Ukraine
 
Integrative sUAS Data Collection for Food-Energy-Water Governance (Invited) (555500)
Lindsay Barbieri1, Janet Wyngaard2, Britt A Holmen1, Carol Adair3, Gillian L Galford1, Carolyn Bittner1 and Andrea Thomer4, (1)University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Burlington, VT, United States, (4)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
 
Bringing drones to the people: Development of a low-cost fixed-wing UAV and multispectral camera for custom application in earth science field work, education, and outreach (565982)
Casey James Duncan1, David Fairchild Wheatley1 and Sam Chesebrough2, (1)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (2)Sarcos Robotics, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
 
Modeling and visualizing errors to geological surface orientations collected by UAV photogrammetry (571026)
Daven Patel Quinn, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI, United States and Bethany L Ehlmann, California Institute of Technology, Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, CA, United States; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Visible to Near-Infrared (400 – 2500 nm) hyperspectral mapping of geologic targets from a small Unmanned Aerial System (577388)
Jeffrey Moersch, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States, Christopher Fedo, University of Tennessee, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Knoxville, TN, United States and Jason Gerhard Muhlbauer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States
 
Hyperspectral Imagery: The Drone vs the NEON Airborne Observation Platform (AVIRIS Next-Generation) (581125)
John Adler, NEON, Boulder, CO, United States, Tristan Goulden, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, Joseph McGlinchy, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States and David Hulslander, Exelis VIS, Boulder, CO, United States
 
TLS-aided Mini-UAV Photogrammetric Surveys for Coastal Erosion Monitoring: a Case Study at Freeport, TX (587898)
Lin Xiong, Guoquan Wang, Xin Zhou, Kuan Wang, Fanbo Zhou and Matthew Law, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
 
Investigating UAV Multispectral Imagery for Total Suspended Solids and Turbidity Monitoring in Small Streams (588447)
Elizabeth M. Prior1, Frances C O'Donnell1, Christian J Brodbeck2, Wesley N Donald1 and G. Brett Runion3, (1)Auburn University, Civil Engineering, Auburn, AL, United States, (2)Auburn University, Biosystems Engineering, Auburn, AL, United States, (3)USDA-ARS National Soil Dynamics Laboratory, Auburn, AL, United States
 
An Automated CityGML LoD1 3D City Modeling with UAV Technology and FME Scripting (589565)
Anuj Tiwari, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India and Kamal Jain, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India
 
High Resolution UAV Imagery and Airborne Lidar Data to Quantify Hurricane Impacts on an Undeveloped Barrier Island (591240)
Kelsi Lyn Schwind, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, United States and Michael J Starek, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, United States
 
Identifying millimeter to centimeter structures on photogrammetric models: a case study with deformation bands (595645)
Laís Vieira de Souza1, Juliano Bonato1, Leonardo Campos Inocencio2, Francisco Manoel Wohnrath Tognoli1, Jaqueline Lopes Diniz1, Aline Fernanda Spaniol1 and Caroline Modica Custódio1, (1)Unisinos University, Department of Geology, São Leopoldo, Brazil, (2)Unisinos University, Department of Applied Computing, São Leopoldo, Brazil
 
Estimation of wind-wave induced erosion rates in wetlands on Galveston Island based on UAV photogrammetry (596279)
Jin Young Kim, Texas A&M University College Station, Ocean Engineering, College Station, TX, United States, James Michael Kaihatu, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States, Kuang-An Chang, Texas A&M University College Station, Civil Engineering, College Station, TX, United States, Rusty A Feagin, Texas A & M University, Ecosystem Science and Management, College Station, TX, United States and Thomas Huff, Texas A&M University College Station, Ecosystem Science and Management, College Station, TX, United States
 
Investigating groundwater seepage control on bluff failure along Michigan coastline using UAVs (606526)
Nicholas Shaw1, Mohamed Sultan1, Mustafa Kemal Emil1, John A Yellich2, Richard Becker3, Monica Palaseanu4 and Guzalay Sataer1, (1)Western Michigan University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, (2)Michigan Geological Survey, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, (3)University of Toledo, Environmental Sciences, Toledo, OH, United States, (4)USGS, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Menlo Park, CA, United States
 
Applied geographic object based image analysis in UAV-based plastic landmine detection and identification (607404)
Jasper Baur, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, United States, Timothy S. de Smet, Binghamton University, Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton, NY, United States and Alex Nikulin, Noble Energy Inc. Houston, College Station, TX, United States
 
Observing coral bleaching and recovery in Kāne‘ohe Bay, Hawaiʻi via remotely sensed imagery (610945)
Amy Li, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States and Matthew Parry, NOAA Pacific Islands Regional Island, Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program, Honolulu, HI, United States
 
Mars Helicopter on 2020 Rover Mission (Invited) (612033)
Matthew P Golombek1, J Bob Balaram2, Justin Maki3, Nathan R Williams3, Havard F. Grip4 and MiMi Aung5, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (5)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
 
Marine debris detection in a coastal vegetated area using UAVs (615771)
Giulia Franchi, Salisbury University, Department of Math and Computer Science, Salisbury, United States, Joseph Anderson, Salisbury University, Mathematics and Computer Science, Salisbury, MD, United States, Corinne Corbau, University of Ferrara, Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Ferrara, Italy and William Nardin, University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD, United States
 
Quantifying snow cover and persistence in a post restoration environment: UAV-derived forest structure data and forest gap radiation modeling (624028)
Adam Belmonte1, Temuulen Sankey2, Bijan Seyednasrollah2,3 and Joel A Biederman4, (1)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)Northern Arizona University, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (3)Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, (4)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
 
Interactive 3D Visualization and Dissemination of UAV-SfM Models for Virtual Outcrop Geology (626947)
Paul Ryan Nesbit1, Chris Hugenholtz2, Adam Boulding2, Paul Durkin3 and Stephen Michial Hubbard3, (1)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, (2)University of Calgary, Department of Geography, Calgary, AB, Canada, (3)University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada
 
Experimental Studies of Geological Mapping using Thermal UAV remote sensing (627745)
Jieun Kim1, Jaehyung Yu1, Lei Wang2 and Sang-Mo Koh3, (1)Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea, (2)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (3)Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources,, Daejeon, South Korea
 
Estimation of canopy cover and volume using UAV to look into vegetation health in urban area (627982)
Daseul Kim1, Dong Kun Lee2 and Han Kyul Heo1, (1)Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, (2)Department of Landscape Architecture and Rural System Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
 
Extending Ecological Monitoring with Unmanned Aircraft Systems (633225)
David Durden1, Joshua A Roberti2, Goulden Tristan2, Michael SanClements3, John Adler4 and Michael Wussow2, (1)National Ecological Observatory Network, Battelle, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)National Ecological Observatory Network Program, Battelle, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NEON, Boulder, CO, United States
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