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Earth and Space Award 2009 |
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Mars/Lunar Awards |
Remote Sensing of stream algae using umanned aerial vehicles Category : Environmental projects using technologies resulting from space exploration Institution : University of Worcester, UK Although the use of
satellite technologies in environmental projects
have become widespread, truthing of these data from the ground is
critical and technologies that improve these capabilities indirectly
improve the value of data from space platforms. This project will
pioneer the use of umanned aerial platform (a Helikite - a
combination
of helium and a kite) to investigate photosynthetic organisms in
streams in the UK using near infra-red spectral analysis developed for
satellite use. Using equipment loaned by the Natural Environmental
Research Council (NERC) in the UK, the project will develop new ways to
use technology developed for space spectral sensing of life on the
Earth on readily deployable field unmanned aerial vehicles. Thus, the
project will not only advance the use of space technologies in
environmental research, but also improve methods of ground truthing
remote sensing data.
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