Title
Toward a Science of Autonomy for Physical Systems: Aerial Earth Science.
Abstract
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) equipped with LiDAR, electro-optical and infrared cameras, SAR and atmospheric sensors have transformed the way we acquire high spatio-temporal resolution data. For example, UAVs equipped with these sensors have been able to obtain topography at resolutions of less than one meter, revolutionizing earth sciences. Surface processes act at spatial scales on the order of a meter to produce intricate landforms and UAVs equipped with these sensors are able to measure the three dimensional spatio-temporal geometry of the earths surface and overlying anthropogenic features and vegetation at resolutions appropriate to document these processes. In addition, surface changes due to erosion, transport and sedimentation, as well as earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes can be quantified with this data.
Year
Venue
Field
2016
arXiv: Computers and Society
Vegetation,Computer science,Physical system,Earth science,Lidar,Landslide,Landform,Metre (music),Erosion
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Journal
abs/1609.05783
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
M. Ani Hsieh121.74
Srikanth Saripalli256460.11
Gaurav S. Sukhatme35469548.13
Vijay Kumar47086693.29