- Date
- 2014-03
- Kind
- Occurrence
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationenvironmentaviation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 2014 Beaver Beacon reports that Central Michigan University planned to use a six-foot unmanned helicopter equipped with a hyperspectral camera to image Great Lakes wetlands. The work was intended to improve research on vegetation, invasive species, rare plants, and wetland protection.
Evidence limits
The issue reports planned research capability, not a completed Beaver Island flight or dataset.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, March 2014, "Helicopter Coming."Reports that CMU planned to use a six-foot unmanned helicopter with a hyperspectral camera to image Great Lakes wetlands, including vegetation, invasive species, and rare plants, under an EPA-funded research program. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2014-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held March issue scan confirms the research report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2014-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “CMU plans hyperspectral unmanned-helicopter wetland research”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cmu-uav-wetlands-research-2014/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2014, "Helicopter Coming." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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