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What are the latest restrictions by the FAA on using UAVs ( fixed wing and rotary wing, e.g quadcopters) for purely scientific investigations? Max.altitude, line-of-sight, permits, coastal and...
08 June 2015 7,766 4 View
Some river plumes have extremely high CDOM concentrations. Are there practical correction techniques for improving the chl-a S/N in CDOM rich waters so that the chl-a concentration could be estimated?
08 June 2015 380 5 View
Would hyperspectral sensors be able to detect and map coastal bottom features?
21 January 2015 7,063 7 View
What journals deal with migratory bird navigation, salmon migration, etc.?
21 January 2015 7,006 9 View
There are many drone systems available for wetland remote sensing, but quadcopters seem to be most effective. What are the costs of using a mid-sized quadcopter?
13 January 2015 1,053 6 View
Who has done that recently?
10 November 2014 8,050 3 View
What UAVs (drones, quadcopters, blimps, etc.) are most cost-effective for monitoring/mapping small areas of emergent and submerged aquatic vegetation ?
29 October 2014 8,743 6 View
What if it needs to carry only a small digital camera?
02 May 2014 5,895 2 View
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02 May 2014 4,480 4 View
What is the status of relating remotely sensed land cover (land use) change in a watershed to the water quality change of streams and bays receiving the run-off, assuming that key model inputs...
18 September 2013 6,153 2 View
Deep ocean dynamics and thermal/salinity structures cannot be observed by satellite remote sensors directly, but can be estimated with the help of models using satellite data. Which processes and...
27 August 2013 2,106 3 View
Evapotranspiration.
11 August 2013 5,946 2 View
How accurately can one estimate cloud height and water vapor using Thermal Infrared data from AVHRR and GOES satellites?
09 August 2013 3,436 2 View
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07 May 2013 3,628 4 View
What are the best remote sensing techniques for mapping freshwater (upstream, prairy pothole, etc.) wetlands?
07 May 2013 5,855 3 View
Can mangrove cover (extent) and main species composition be mapped with multispectral scanners or must one use hyperspectral techniques? What spatial resolution would be required for global...
16 April 2013 5,289 6 View
What are the best airborne remote sensing techniques for estimating oil type and slick thickness? What are the best sensors on AUV's for detecting and mapping submerged oil plumes?
15 April 2013 6,006 1 View
There have been articles on remotely sensing malaria mosquito habitat, including some wet marshy areas. Has anyone tried to remotely map deer-tick habitat (e.g. certain shrubs, etc.)? What kind...
12 April 2013 2,295 1 View
There have been articles on remotely sensing malaria mosquito habitat, lincluding some wet marshy areas. Has anyone tried to remotely map deer-tick habitat (e.g. certain shrubs, etc.)? What kind...
12 April 2013 6,238 0 View
What are the most effective methods for remotely detecting and mapping coastal freshwater springs? The water temperature of these springs changes rapidly to an intermediate temperature between the...
11 April 2013 1,767 2 View
Marine debris seems to collect in ocean convergence zones, such as the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone. Assuming that one can map these convergence zones using satellite remote sensing,...
11 April 2013 4,192 3 View
Using commercial airborne lidar systems, what is the range of accuracies one can obtain for topographic mapping on land (or sandy beach above water) ? Assume there is no vegetation cover.
13 March 2013 5,797 10 View
What are the most cost-effective techniques for tracking subsurface oil plumes (or concentrations)? If one uses AUVs (ocean gliders, etc.), what detectors or other instrumentation should they...
13 March 2013 1,433 3 View
There are many publications on soil moisture mapping with microwave radiometry. How useful is thermal infrared data for estimating approximate soil moisture? How accurate would such estimates be?
12 March 2013 461 2 View
What is the vertical accuracy of lidar bathymetry and topography measurements, assuming low water turbidity and no vegetative cover on land?
11 March 2013 8,922 0 View
Besides evapotranspiration and hydrologic flow network what else can be derived from this data?
25 February 2013 9,055 2 View
Can Phragmites be identified in satellite imagery?
25 February 2013 4,990 5 View
