Uncrewed Aerial Systems
The marine landscape ecology lab maintains a number of uncrewed aerial systems designed to carry out specialized missions in the coastal environment.
DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise Series Drones
The lab maintains two, Mavic 3 Enterprise drones. In addition to an RTK system, each drone carries a dual RGB and multispectral sensor.
DJI Matrice 350 RTK Drone
The lab maintains a DJI Matrice 350 RTK heavy payload drone. The drone is capable of carrying multiple sensors to conduct a multitude of data collection methods in the coastal environment.
Trinity Pro Fixed Wing Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Drone
The lab maintains a Trinity Pro VTOL drone to support shape-based and long-range mapping missions.
Sensors
Micasense Altum 5-band multispectral sensor
The lab maintains a Micasense Altum 5-band multispectral sensors with an integrated thermal band. The sensor supports specialized surveys for habitats such as kelp forest and estuary habitats.
Survey Equipment
Emlid Reach RS2+ Multi-band RTK GNSS Receiver
The lab owns two of these mobile RTK receivers to use in support of drone surveys. The positioning data collected by the receivers can improve the spatial positioning of survey data collected by drones.
Computing Equipment
Pix4D Photogrammetry Software
The lab maintains multiple Pix4D licenses to support the processing of image data including 3D photogrammetry modeling.
ARC-GIS Pro
The lab maintains licenses for Arc-GIS Pro to support post-processing of image data including the development of machine learning models for classifying habitat and species in drone images.
