A Pilot Study to Estimate Forage Mass from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in a Semi-Arid Rangeland
| Autor: | Michael T. Page, Karelys N. Labrador-Rodriguez, Chase Walther, Brent C. Hedquist, Alexandria M. DiMaggio, David B. Wester, J. Alfonso Ortega-S., Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso, Jose de la Luz Martinez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Science UAV imagery 0211 other engineering and technologies Forage 02 engineering and technology photogrammetry 01 natural sciences Pasture DSM Altitude Grazing forage estimation South Texas Plains 021101 geological & geomatics engineering 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Remote sensing Pix4D geography geography.geographical_feature_category Orthophoto Arid orthomosaic Photogrammetry General Earth and Planetary Sciences Environmental science Rangeland |
| Zdroj: | Remote Sensing Volume 12 Issue 15 Pages: 2431 Remote Sensing, Vol 12, Iss 2431, p 2431 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2072-4292 |
| Popis: | The application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the monitoring and management of rangelands has exponentially increased in recent years due to the miniaturization of sensors, ability to capture imagery with high spatial resolution, lower altitude platforms, and the ease of flying UAVs in remote environments. The aim of this research was to develop a method to estimate forage mass in rangelands using high-resolution imagery derived from the UAV using a South Texas pasture as a pilot site. The specific objectives of this research were to (1) evaluate the feasibility of quantifying forage mass in semi-arid rangelands using a double sampling technique with high-resolution imagery and (2) to compare the effect of altitude on forage mass estimation. Orthoimagery and digital surface models (DSM) with a resolution 2 = 0.65) and 50-m AGL (r2 = 0.63). Furthermore, the use of UAVs would allow one to collect a large number of samples using a non-destructive method to estimate available forage for grazing animals. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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