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Laura Pioli, Marco Palmas, Boris Behncke, Emanuela De Beni, Massimo Cantarero and Simona Scollo
Understanding the dynamics of mild explosive activity is a fundamental tool for hazard assessment at open conduit volcanoes. This is a particularly critical task for Etna volcano. Etna is in fact characterized by frequent, mild explosive activity, punctu...
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Jacob D. Bushaw, Kevin M. Ringelman and Frank C. Rohwer
With the widespread extirpation of top predators over the past two centuries, mesocarnivores play an increasingly important role in structuring terrestrial trophic webs. However, mesocarnivores are difficult to survey at a population level because their ...
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Antonio Minervino Amodio, Gianluigi Di Paola and Carmen Maria Rosskopf
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) represents a rather innovative, quick, and low-cost methodological approach offering applications in several fields of investigation. The present study illustrates the developed method using Digital Elevation Mo...
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Shannon J. Dundas, Molly Vardanega, Patrick O?Brien and Steven R. McLeod
Drones are becoming a common method for surveying wildlife as they offer an aerial perspective of the landscape. For waterbirds in particular, drones can overcome challenges associated with surveying locations not accessible on foot. With the rapid uptak...
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Juan Jesús Roldán-Gómez, Eduardo González-Gironda and Antonio Barrientos
Forest firefighting missions encompass multiple tasks related to prevention, surveillance, and extinguishing. This work presents a complete survey of firefighters on the current problems in their work and the potential technological solutions. Additional...
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Francesco Micelli, Alessio Cascardi and Maria Antonietta Aiello
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Mauro De Donatis, Mauro Alberti, Mattia Cipicchia, Nelson Muñoz Guerrero, Giulio F. Pappafico and Sara Susini
Field work on the search and characterization of ground effects of a historical earthquake (i.e., the Cagli earthquake in 1781) was carried out using terrestrial and aerial digital tools. The method of capturing, organizing, storing, and elaborating digi...
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Jonathan P. Resop, Laura Lehmann and W. Cully Hession
Lidar remote sensing has been used to survey stream channel and floodplain topography for decades. However, traditional platforms, such as aerial laser scanning (ALS) from an airplane, have limitations including flight altitude and scan angle that preven...
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Dede Aulia Rahman, Andre Bonardo Yonathan Sitorus and Aryo Adhi Condro
Biodiversity monitoring is crucial in tackling defaunation in the Anthropocene, particularly in tropical ecosystems. However, field surveys are often limited by habitat complexity, logistical constraints, financing and detectability. Hence, leveraging dr...
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Surya Afnarius, Masril Syukur, Eri Gas Ekaputra, Yolanda Parawita and Ridho Darman
Indonesia aims to strengthen its local regions and villages. This has led to the encouragement of smart village development through several forms of assistance, including Information Technology (IT) services from the government. Koto Gadang, one of the m...
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Yijun Liao and Richard L. Wood
Perishable surveying, mapping, and post-disaster damage data typically require efficient and rapid field collection techniques. Such datasets permit highly detailed site investigation and characterization of civil infrastructure systems. One of the more ...
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Terry L. Pavlis and Laura F. Serpa
We assess the accuracy of Structure-from-Motion/Multiview stereo (SM) terrain models acquired ad hoc or without high-resolution ground control to analyze their usage as a base for inexpensive 3D bedrock geologic mapping. Our focus is on techniques that c...
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Giulia Casagrande, Annelore Bezzi, Saverio Fracaros, Davide Martinucci, Simone Pillon, Paolo Salvador, Stefano Sponza and Giorgio Fontolan
The advantages derived from the use of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are well-established: they are cost-effective and easy to use. There are numerous environmental applications, particularly when monitoring contexts characterized by rapid morphologica...
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Helena Costa, Andrew Rogan, Christopher Zadra, Oddbjørn Larsen, Audun H. Rikardsen and Courtney Waugh
Analysis of cetacean blow offers a unique potential for non-invasive assessments of their health. In recent years, the use of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) has revolutionized the way these samples are collected. However, the high cost and expertise ass...
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Alejandro Valencia-Arias, Paula Andrea Rodríguez-Correa, Juan Camilo Patiño-Vanegas, Martha Benjumea-Arias, Jhony De La Cruz-Vargas and Gustavo Moreno-López
This study aims to identify the factors associated with the adoption of drone delivery in Medellín, Colombia, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. For that purpose, it implemented the Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) theory and the Technology Acceptance...
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Francesco Pirotti, Marco Piragnolo, Marika D?Agostini and Raffaele Cavalli
The post-pandemic era has raised awareness on the importance of physical and psychological well-being for decreasing the vulnerability of both individuals and populations. Citizens in urban areas are subject to numerous stress factors which can be mitiga...
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Marion Jaud, Christophe Delacourt, Nicolas Le Dantec, Pascal Allemand, Jérôme Ammann, Philippe Grandjean, Henri Nouaille, Christophe Prunier, Véronique Cuq, Emmanuel Augereau, Lucie Cocquempot and France Floc?h
In the dual context of coastal hazard intensification and the growing number of stakes exposed to these hazards, coastal observatories are in demand to provide a structured framework dedicated to long-term monitoring. This article describes the drone-bas...
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Claire Burke, Serge Wich, Kitso Kusin, Owen McAree, Mark E. Harrison, Bernat Ripoll, Yunsiska Ermiasi, Margarita Mulero-Pázmány and Steve Longmore
Underground peat fires are a major hazard to health and livelihoods in Indonesia, and are a major contributor to carbon emissions globally. Being subterranean, these fires can be difficult to detect and track, especially during periods of thick haze and ...
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George T. Raber and Steven R. Schill
In the effort to design a more repeatable and consistent platform to collect data for Structure from Motion (SfM) monitoring of coral reefs and other benthic habitats, we explore the use of recent advances in open source Global Positioning System (GPS)-g...
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Peter Povlsen, Anne Cathrine Linder, Hanne Lyngholm Larsen, Petar Durdevic, Daniel Ortiz Arroyo, Dan Bruhn, Cino Pertoldi and Sussie Pagh
Drones equipped with thermal cameras have recently become readily available, broadening the possibilities for monitoring wildlife. The European hare (Lepus europaeus) is a nocturnal mammal that is closely monitored in Denmark due to populations declining...
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