Operating procedures and calibration of a hyperspectral sensor onboard a remotely piloted aircraft system for water and agriculture monitoring

Title Operating procedures and calibration of a hyperspectral sensor onboard a remotely piloted aircraft system for water and agriculture monitoring
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This work describes a pilot study in southern Ontario, Canada evaluating the use of the \‘Headwall Nano- Hyperspec\’ hyperspectral imager onboard a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS). Hyperspectral imagers are extremely useful for monitoring vegetation health and water quality, among other environmental parameters. However, guidelines on the use of this specific instrument for these applications are not yet available. As such, recommended operational settings and calibration procedures are presented here, based on nearly 50 flight campaigns over water bodies and vineyards. Using these procedures, spectral reflectance was successfully captured using an RPAS

Year of Conference
2019
Number of Pages
9200-9203
Date Published
07/2019
Publisher
IEEE
Conference Location
Yokohama, Japan
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