Is this project an undergraduate, graduate, or faculty project?
Undergraduate
individual
What campus are you from?
Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
James "Tyler" Deal, Senior
Lead Presenter's Name
James "Tyler" Deal
Faculty Mentor Name
Nickolas "Dan" Macchiarella
Abstract
Mapping wetland regions is challenging. Uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) have inherent abilities to sense rapidly and efficiently remotely difficult to access locations. Wetland regions around the world are under pressure due to increasing human presence and climate change. Iberá Wetlands in Argentina provides an example of a region that rebounded from detritus effects of human activity. Although the Iberá Wetlands suffered great environmental degradation causing large animals to be driven from the area, visitors today see a biologically diverse region bearing the fruit of restoration. It serves as a prime location for demonstrating the ability of UAS to efficiently collect data to monitor the environment. A team traveled to the Iberá Wetlands to collaborate with local stakeholders with a common interest in the health of the regional environment. The team flew UAS equipped with RGB and multispectral cameras with local stakeholders. The UAS could generate vegetative indices in real time for viewing as well as record video and still images for post hoc analysis. The team worked with concerned parties from the local community and agencies from the nongovernmental sector to gather and show how UAS could readily collect data facilitating the understanding of the Iberá Wetlands and its current state of being.
Did this research project receive funding support from the Office of Undergraduate Research.
Yes, Research Abroad
Remote Sensing in Iberá Wetlands, Argentina: Uncrewed Aircraft Systems and Service Learning Supporting Environmental Resilience
Mapping wetland regions is challenging. Uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) have inherent abilities to sense rapidly and efficiently remotely difficult to access locations. Wetland regions around the world are under pressure due to increasing human presence and climate change. Iberá Wetlands in Argentina provides an example of a region that rebounded from detritus effects of human activity. Although the Iberá Wetlands suffered great environmental degradation causing large animals to be driven from the area, visitors today see a biologically diverse region bearing the fruit of restoration. It serves as a prime location for demonstrating the ability of UAS to efficiently collect data to monitor the environment. A team traveled to the Iberá Wetlands to collaborate with local stakeholders with a common interest in the health of the regional environment. The team flew UAS equipped with RGB and multispectral cameras with local stakeholders. The UAS could generate vegetative indices in real time for viewing as well as record video and still images for post hoc analysis. The team worked with concerned parties from the local community and agencies from the nongovernmental sector to gather and show how UAS could readily collect data facilitating the understanding of the Iberá Wetlands and its current state of being.