NH11B:
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in the Geosciences I Posters

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Session ID#: 13045

Session Description:
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are increasingly being used to expand our ability to observe earth system processes and make measurements not previously possible. Example applications include tracking volcanic gases to mapping the extent of forest fires and from monitoring Earth systems to measuring vegetation health with high spatial and temporal resolution. The different types of UAS available are growing rapidly providing access to small scale systems for short-term rapid response data collection to larger UAS for longer-term continuous monitoring.  The aim of this session is to bring together the geoscience community to present on the newest systems, payloads, and research being performed. We invite contributions from across the AGU focus groups including those who develop and deploy UASs along with those researchers who use UAS data in their research. The session will instigate discussions between the AGU focus-areas and lead to increased cross-disciplinary research and science-transfer across natural hazard sciences.
Primary Convener:  Peter W Webley, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI), Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Conveners:  David C Pieri, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Matthew M Fladeland, NASA Ames Research Ctr, Moffett Field, CA, United States and Alexander Braun, Queens University, Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Kingston, ON, Canada
Chairs:  Alexander Braun, Queens University, Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Kingston, ON, Canada, David C Pieri, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Matthew M Fladeland, NASA Ames Research Ctr, Moffett Field, CA, United States and Peter W Webley, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI), Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Peter W Webley, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI), Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Co-Organized with:
Public Affairs, and Public Affairs

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
  • V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • PA - Public Affairs
Index Terms:

4333 Disaster risk analysis and assessment [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4339 Disaster mitigation [NATURAL HAZARDS]
9805 Instruments useful in three or more fields [GENERAL OR MISCELLANEOUS]
9820 Techniques applicable in three or more fields [GENERAL OR MISCELLANEOUS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI): Operational Support and Geoscience Research (119986)
Peter W Webley, Catherine F. Cahill, Marty Rogers and Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI), Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Using UAVs to Conduct Student-led Research Projects (187523)
Shelley E Olds, UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States and Preston M Lewis Jr, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States
Assessing the consistency of UAV-derived point clouds and images acquired at different altitudes (130590)
Orkan Ozcan, Istanbul Technical University, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Department of Evolution and Ecology, Maslak, Turkey
High-resolution mapping based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to capture the paleoseismic offsets along the Altyn-Tagh fault, China (119810)
Mingxing Gao1, Xiwei Xu2, Yann Klinger3, Jerome van der Woerd3 and Paul Tapponnier4, (1)Nanyang Technological University, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, (2)China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, China, (3)Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France, (4)Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
Integrated sUAS Greenhouse Gas Measurements and Imagery for Land Use Emissions Monitoring (175599)
Lindsay Barbieri, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States, Janet Wyngaard, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Gillian L Galford, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Burlington, VT, United States and Carol Adair, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Burlington, United States
Applications of low altitude photogrammetry for morphometry, displacements, and landform modeling (191236)
Francisco G Gomez1, Sean G Polun2, Kelly Hickcox3, Charles Miles4, Clarke DeLisle3 and Jordon Ray Beem5, (1)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (2)University of Missouri, Department of Geological Sciences, Columbia, United States, (3)University of Missouri Columbia, Dept. Geological Sciences, Columbia, MO, United States, (4)University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, MO, United States, (5)University of Missouri Columbia, Geological Sciences, Columbia, MO, United States
FrankenRaven: A New Platform for Remote Sensing (198680)
Robert P. Dahlgren, California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA, United States, Matthew M Fladeland, NASA Ames Research Ctr, Moffett Field, CA, United States, Ethan A Pinsker, BAERI/NASA Ames Research Center, Biospheric Science Branch, Moffett Field, CA, United States, John P Jasionowicz, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Lowell L Jones, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL, United States, Corbin D Mosser, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States, Matthew J Pscheid, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States, Nicholas LD Weidow, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, Peter J Kelly, USGS Volcano Science Center, Vancouver, United States, Christoph Kern, USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, WA, United States, Cynthia A Werner, USGS - Contractor, New Plymouth, New Zealand and Matthew S Johnson, Earth Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Applications of UAS-SfM for coastal vulnerability assessment: Geomorphic feature extraction and land cover classification from fine-scale elevation and imagery data (163429)
Emily James Sturdivant, USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center Woods Hole, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Erika E Lentz, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, United States, Rob Robert Thieler, USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center Woods Hole, Woods Hole, United States, David Remsen, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Simon Miner, Woods Hole Analytics, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Evaluation of Forest Health Conditions using Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) (184862)
Thomas More Heutte, US Forest Service Juneau, State and Private Forestry, Juneau, AK, United States and Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI), Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Fluid Lensing based Machine Learning for Augmenting Earth Science Coral Datasets (185819)
Alan Li, NASA Ames Research Center, Earth Science Division, Moffett Field, CA, United States, Ron Instrella, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA, United States and Ved Chirayath, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States
UAS Photogrammetry for Rapid Response Characterization of Subaerial Coastal Change (150225)
Connie Do1, Katherine Anarde1, Nick Z. Fang2, William Prouse2 and Philip B Bedient1, (1)Rice University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Houston, TX, United States, (2)Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States
Advancing drought monitoring using a Small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) in a changing climate (126327)
Jae Ryu, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States
Monitoring of coalbed water retention ponds in the Powder River Basin using Google Earth images and an Unmanned Aircraft System (189653)
Xiaobing Zhou, Montana Technological University, Geological Engineering, Butte, United States, Zhaoming Zhou, Montana Tech of The University of Montana, Geophysical Engineering, Butte, MT, United States, Martha E Apple, Montana Tech of The University of Montana, Butte, MT, United States and Lee Spangler, Montana State University, Energy Research Institute, Bozeman, MT, United States
Comparison of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to LiDAR for streambank erosion measurement at the site-specific and river network scales (177919)
Mandar M Dewoolkar1, Scott D Hamshaw1, Donna Rizzo2, Jarlath ONeil-Dunne3 and Jeff Frolik2, (1)University of Vermont, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Burlington, United States, (2)University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States, (3)University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources, Burlington, VT, United States
Applying Unmanned Airborne Sampling Technology to Active Volcanoes: Successes, Challenges, and Plans (194778)
David C Pieri, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Jorge Andres Diaz, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica and Maria Fabrizia Buongiorno, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma, Italy
Integrating a High Resolution Optically Pumped Magnetometer with a Multi-Rotor UAV towards 3-D Magnetic Gradiometry (183015)
Callum Andrew Walter, Queen's University, Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Kingston, ON, Canada, Kiyavash Parvar, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada and Alexander Braun, Queens University, Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Kingston, ON, Canada
Fluxgate Magnetometer system mounted on UAS system: First field test at Dominga IOCG deposit, Chile (124937)
Gonzalo A Yanez1,2, Lorena Banchero3, Albear Marco3 and Ronny Figueroa3,4, (1)Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Deparment of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Macul, Santiago, Chile, (2)Millenium Nucleus for Metal Tracing Along Subduction, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, (3)GFDAS, Santiago, Chile, (4)Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica, Santiago, Chile
3-D UAV magnetic gradiometery survey for chromite exploration using an alkali vapor magnetometer (190038)
Kiyavash Parvar, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada, Callum Andrew Walter, Queen's University, Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Kingston, ON, Canada, Alexander Braun, Queens University, Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Kingston, ON, Canada and Michael Burns, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA, United States

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