NH31C:
Geoscience with Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) I

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Session ID#: 33793

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:

Coastal Ecosystem Assessment, Development and Creation of a Policy Tool using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for: A Case Study of Western Puerto Rico Coastal Region (233351)
Jonathan Munoz Barreto1, Jose Pillich2, Luis D. Aponte Bermúdez1 and Glorimar Torres Pagan1, (1)University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Civil Engineering, Mayaguez, PR, United States, (2)CUNY-NOAA CREST, New York, NY, United States
Advancing UAS methods for monitoring coastal environments (292184)
Justin Ridge1, Alexander Seymour2, Antonio B Rodriguez3, Julian Dale2, Everette Newton2 and David William Johnston4, (1)Duke University, Duke University Marine Lab, Durham, NC, United States, (2)Duke University, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC, United States, (3)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, (4)Duke University, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort, United States
On the use of UAVs at active volcanoes: a case study from Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala (Invited) (279201)
Matthew Watson1, Gustavo Chigna2, Kieran Wood3, Thomas Richardson3, Emma Liu4, Ben Schellenberg3, Helen Thomas1 and Ailsa Naismith1, (1)University of Bristol, Earth Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom, (2)INSIVUMEH, Guatemala City, Guatemala, (3)University of Bristol, Aerospace Engineering, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom, (4)University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom
UAS applications in high alpine, snow-covered terrain (Invited) (228009)
Yves Bühler1, Andreas Stoffel1 and Christian Ginzler2, (1)WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland, (2)WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Emailing Drones: From Design to Test Range to ARS Offices and into the Field (299199)
Daniel R Fuka1, Solomon Singer2, Roberto Rodriguez III3, Amy Collick4, Arthur Cunningham5, Peter J A Kleinman6, Nicholas C Manoukis7, Bruce Matthews5, Ted Ralston3 and Zach M Easton1, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (2)University of Hawaii at Hilo, CSE, Hilo, HI, United States, (3)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (4)Morehead State University, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Morehead, United States, (5)University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI, United States, (6)Agricultural Research Service University Park, University Park, PA, United States, (7)USDA-ARS, Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Hilo, HI, United States
Progress toward Modular UAS for Geoscience Applications (301281)
Robert P. Dahlgren1, Matteo A Clark2, Robert J Comstock3, Matthew Fladeland4, Hiram Gascot III5, Thomas H Haig6, Sean J Lam7, Alex A Mazhari8, Ricky R Palomares9, Ethan A Pinsker10, Ravi T Prathipati11, Jared Sagaga12, Joseph S Thurling3 and Stanley V Travers13, (1)CSUMB/NASA Ames Research Center, MS245-4, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (2)Luleå University of Technology, Computer Science, Kiruna, Sweden, (3)California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, Aerospace Engineering, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States, (4)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (5)North Carolina State University Raleigh, Electrical Engineering, Raleigh, NC, United States, (6)Bowdoin College, Physics, Brunswick, ME, United States, (7)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Seattle, WA, United States, (8)SGT/NASA Ames Research Center, SpaceShop, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (9)California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Aerospace Engineering, Pomona, CA, United States, (10)BAERI/NASA Ames Research Center, Biospheric Science Branch, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (11)Arizona State University, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Tempe, AZ, United States, (12)San Jose State University, Aerospace Engineering, San Jose, CA, United States, (13)University of the District of Columbia, Engineering and Applied Sciences, Washinton, DC, MD, United States

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