Unmanned Aerial Systems for Geosciences

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, the use of remotely piloted vehicles has grown exponentially. The possibility of being able to lift increasingly high-performance sensors and acquire data from high positions previously reachable only by means of human-controlled vehicles, or even never reached due to their hazardous location, has made it possible to increase acquisition productivity and significantly reduce operating costs, as well as opening the door to a plethora of new applications. The appearance on the market of multiple sensors that today can be installed on drones means that the acquisition of proximity data has a role of fundamental importance with regard to Geosciences, that is to say all those arguments relating to disciplines such as Geomorphology, Geomechanics, Geotechnics, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Pedology, in the context of the study and monitoring of mountain slopes, of soil, of environment, natural hazard and everything that may affect these aspect.

At the same time, techniques of data acquisition and of their processing with the aim of obtaining analyzable products are increasingly being refined and standardized. This Special Issue is proposed for all disciplines concerning Geosciences with the aim of contributing to increasing the level of knowledge with arguments of high scientific and technical content in the context of use of remotely piloted vehicles and of data acquired with specific sensors for:

• Use of specific types of drones with particular performance for data acquisition;
• Use and performance of specific sensors transportable by drones;
• Integration between multiple sensors installed on board the drones;
• Acquisition of proximity data from specific sensors, for all the disciplines concerning Geosciences;
• Data processing methods acquired by sensors installed on drones;
• Data analysis;
• Multitemporal monitoring and control through the acquisition and use of proximity data.

Dr. Marco Dubbini
Dr. Francesco Zucca
Dr. Cristina Castagnetti
Guest Editors

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• Drones
• Sensors
• Remote sensing
• Photogrammetry
• Geophysics
• Geomorphology
• Geomechanics
• Geotechnics
• Geochemistry
• Pedology
• Terrain analysis
• Processing data
• Analysis data
• Monitoring
• Environmental geoscience