Drones | Selected Editor’s Choice Articles in 2023

1. “Exploring Meteorological Conditions and Microscale Temperature Inversions above the Great Barrier Reef through Drone-Based Measurements”
by Christian Eckert, Kim I. Monteforte, Daniel P. Harrison and Brendan P. Kelaher
Drones 2023, 7(12), 695; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7120695
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/12/695

2. “Challenges for the Routine Application of Drones in Healthcare: A Scoping Review”
by Sara De Silvestri, Pasquale Junior Capasso, Alessandra Gargiulo, Sara Molinari and Alberto Sanna
Drones 2023, 7(12), 685; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7120685
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/12/685

3. “Implementation of an Edge-Computing Vision System on Reduced-Board Computers Embedded in UAVs for Intelligent Traffic Management”
by Sergio Bemposta Rosende, Sergio Ghisler, Sergio Ghisler and Javier Sánchez-Soriano
Drones 2023, 7(11), 682; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7110682
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/11/682

4. “Drone with Mounted Thermal Infrared Cameras for Monitoring Terrestrial Mammals”
by Hanne Lyngholm Larsen, Katrine Møller-Lassesen, Esther Magdalene Ellersgaard Enevoldsen, Sarah Bøgh Madsen, Maria Trier Obsen, Peter Povlsen, Dan Bruhn, Cino Pertoldi and Sussie Pagh
Drones 2023, 7(11), 680; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7110680
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/11/680

5. “QuickNav: An Effective Collision Avoidance and Path-Planning Algorithm for UAS”
by Dipraj Debnath, Ahmad Faizul Hawary, Muhammad Iftishah Ramdan, Fernando Vanegas Alvarez and Felipe Gonzalez
Drones 2023, 7(11), 678; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7110678
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/11/678

6. “Burrow-Nesting Seabird Survey Using UAV-Mounted Thermal Sensor and Count Automation”
by Jacob Virtue, Darren Turner, Guy Williams, Stephanie Zeliadt, Henry Walshaw and Arko Lucieer
Drones 2023, 7(11), 674; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7110674
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/11/674

7. “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Marine Mammal Research: A Review of Current Applications and Challenges”
by Miguel Álvarez-González, Miguel Álvarez-González, Graham J. Pierce and Camilo Saavedra
Drones 2023, 7(11), 667; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7110667
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/11/667

8. “UAV-Based Subsurface Data Collection Using a Low-Tech Ground-Truthing Payload System Enhances Shallow-Water Monitoring”
by Aris Thomasberger and Mette Møller Nielsen
Drones 2023, 7(11), 647; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7110647
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/11/647

9. “Eyes in the Sky: Drones Applications in the Built Environment under Climate Change Challenges”
by Norhan Bayomi and John E. Fernandez
Drones 2023, 7(10), 637; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7100637
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/10/637

10. “Deep Learning-Based Weed Detection Using UAV Images: A Comparative Study”
by Tej Bahadur Shahi, Sweekar Dahal, Chiranjibi Sitaula, Arjun Neupane and William Guo
Drones 2023, 7(10), 624; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7100624
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/10/624