Is this project an undergraduate, graduate, or faculty project?
Undergraduate
individual
What campus are you from?
Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
Aurora Christianson, Senior
Lead Presenter's Name
Aurora Christianson
Faculty Mentor Name
Dr. Nickolas "Dan" Macchiarella
Abstract
Emerging coastalization and urbanization threats to the prehistoric Concón Dunes and Humedal de Mantagua coastal area of Chile is being investigated by researchers via uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS). Four UAS were utilized: Anzu Raptor T, DJI Mavic 3E, DJI Mavic 3M, and DJI Air 3 to collect various images of the coastal dunes. Multispectral and RGB cameras gather images by photogrammetry to create orthomosaics and monitor vegetation indexes in Pix4Dmapper. Thermal cameras provided images in rainbow, white hot infrared, and black hot infrared schemes to monitor wildlife and vegetation. The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) was calculated to visualize overall vegetation health within a coastal environment. This conservation effort conducted by the researchers aligns with United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal 15 of Life on Land.
Did this research project receive funding support from the Office of Undergraduate Research.
Yes, SURF
Included in
Aviation Commons, Electrical and Computer Engineering Commons, Environmental Monitoring Commons, Geological Engineering Commons, Mechanical Engineering Commons
Contrasting Coastal Dune Environments in Chile
Emerging coastalization and urbanization threats to the prehistoric Concón Dunes and Humedal de Mantagua coastal area of Chile is being investigated by researchers via uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS). Four UAS were utilized: Anzu Raptor T, DJI Mavic 3E, DJI Mavic 3M, and DJI Air 3 to collect various images of the coastal dunes. Multispectral and RGB cameras gather images by photogrammetry to create orthomosaics and monitor vegetation indexes in Pix4Dmapper. Thermal cameras provided images in rainbow, white hot infrared, and black hot infrared schemes to monitor wildlife and vegetation. The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) was calculated to visualize overall vegetation health within a coastal environment. This conservation effort conducted by the researchers aligns with United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal 15 of Life on Land.