NH31A:
Geoscience with Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) II Posters

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Session ID#: 24817

Session Description:
Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) use in geoscience is growing rapidly and will continue to expand over the next few years. High precision observations can track volcanic gas dispersal, map forest fire extent, measure river ice breakup, provide critical search and rescue communications, and measure vegetation health. The aim of this session is to bring together the geoscience community, including those involved in formal and applied science, to present on the newest systems, payloads, and research being performed. We invite contributions from across AGU including those involved in flight planning, UAS integration into manned airspace, and developing new missions as well as ongoing campaigns to collect geoscience data. The session will initiate discussions between AGU focus-areas to foster cross-disciplinary research and science-transfer across the sciences. In particular, the session invites innovative use of UAS platforms and sensors which enables new research directions and synergies not available previously or through other means.
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, Queen's University, Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Kingston, ON, Canada, David C Pieri, 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

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
  • V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
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:

Topography changes monitoring of small islands using camera drone (208417)
Eunseok Bang, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Mineral Resources Research Division, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
Rapid Topographic Mapping Using TLS and UAV in a Beach-dune-wetland Environment: Case Study in Freeport, Texas, USA (301100)
Jieying Ding1, Guoquan Wang2, Lin Xiong3, Xin Zhou4 and Emily England3, (1)University of Houston, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Houston, TX, United States, (2)University of Houston, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX, United States, (3)University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States, (4)University of Houston, Houston, United States
Using Point Clouds Generated from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Imagery Processed with Structure from Motion to Address Tsunami vs Storm Wave Boulder Deposition in Watu Karung, Indonesia (301489)
Alexander Tyler Uribe1, Michael P Bunds1, Jeremy Andreini1, Daniel Mather Horns1, Ronald A Harris2, Carolus Prasetyadi3, Eko Yulianto4 and Purna S Putra5, (1)Utah Valley University, Department of Earth Science, Orem, UT, United States, (2)Brigham Young Univ, Provo, UT, United States, (3)Universitas Pembangunan Nasional, Geology, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, (4)Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Bandung, Indonesia, (5)Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Radio Tracking Fish with Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS). (276019)
Karl Reuben Anderson, USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO, United States, Robert P. Dahlgren, CSUMB/NASA Ames Research Center, MS245-4, Moffett Field, CA, United States, Leanne Hanson, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, CO, United States, Ethan A Pinsker, NASA Ames Research Ctr, BAERI, Moffett Field, CA, United States, Jonas Jonsson, NASA Ames Research Center, SGT Inc., Moffett Field, CA, United States, Duane C Chapman, USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, United States, David M Witten, WWR Development, Columbia, United States and Kevin A O'Connor, NanoElectromagnetics LLC, Columbia, MO, United States
Developing a Ruggedized User-Friendly UAS for Monitoring Volcanic Emissions (295598)
Lois J Wardell1, Jack Steward Elston2 and Maciej Stachura2, (1)KBRwyle Air Force Division, Dayton OH, Dayton, OH, United States, (2)Black Swift Technologies LLC, Boulder, CO, United States
Utilizing Structure-from-Motion Photogrammetry with Airborne Visual and Thermal Images to Monitor Thermal Areas in Yellowstone National Park (245911)
Brett B Carr, USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States and Richard Gregory Vaughan, US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Unmanned Aerial Technologies for Observations at Active Volcanoes: Advances and Prospects (288753)
David C Pieri1, Jorge Andres Diaz2, Geoff Bland3, Matthew Fladeland4, Darby Makel5, Florian Max M Schwandner1, Maria Fabrizia Buongiorno6 and Jack Steward Elston7, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Gas Lab, CICANUM, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (5)Makel Engineering Inc., Chico, CA, United States, (6)Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma, Italy, (7)Black Swift Technologies LLC, Boulder, CO, United States
Using Small UAS for Mission Simulation, Science Validation, and Definition (293271)
Henry Abakians, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Andrea Donnellan, 1Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Science Division, Pasadena, CA, United States, Bruce D Chapman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Kenneth H Williford, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Raymond Francis, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Bethany L Ehlmann, California Institute of Technology, Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, CA, United States and Alexander T Smith, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, SIERRA MADRE, CA, United States
Development of an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program: ACUASI (265409)
Peter W Webley1, Catherine F. Cahill1, Marty Rogers1 and Michael C. Hatfield1,2, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI), Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Mines, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Evaluation of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to Monitor Forest Health Conditions in Alaska (267695)
Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI), Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Thomas More Heutte, US Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, Juneau, AK, United States, Loretta M. Winton, US Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, Fairbanks, United States and Peter W Webley, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Application of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for phenotypic mapping of white spruce genotypes along environmental gradients (299525)
Petra D'Odorico1, Christopher Wong1, Ariana Besik2, Ernest Earon3, Nathalie Isabel4 and Ingo Ensminger5, (1)University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2)University of Toronto, Mississauga, Canada, (3)PrecisionHawk, Toronto, Canada, (4)Natural Resources Canada, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Ottawa, Canada, (5)University of Toronto Mississauga, Department of Biology, Mississauga, ON, Canada

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