Advanced Sensing Technologies for UAV-Based Environmental Monitoring Applications

Dear Colleagues,

The use of unmanned flight systems has increased in recent years and currently includes many different areas of application. Drones are used, for example, for video surveillance and visual observation of systems and infrastructures, and has been established for measuring meteorological parameters. In comparison, environmental monitoring with miniaturized devices or special detection systems installed on drones is a young discipline, but it promises a very high level of flexibility regarding the choice of place of use and of measurement parameters, as well as rapid operational readiness in contrast or in support to ground-based and permanently installed measuring devices. The miniaturization of high-quality measurement technology is increasingly opening up opportunities to use drones to record environmental parameters and pollutants. Many of application examples are subjects of current research. This Special Issue of Sensors aims at collecting original research papers to contribute to the discussion on the use of drones in the field of environmental monitoring: It includes the following (but is not limited to them):

• Radioactivity measurements
• Smoke, Aerosol and bio-aerosol measurements
• Measurements of hazardous substances in the air as well as on difficult to access grounds
• Measurements of meteorological parameters and air quality
• Agriculture applications
• Gas and particle measurements on volcanoes
• Data management, transfer, visualization of measurements with drones
• Post processing and data assimilation
• Miniaturization of reference methods for use on drones 

Dr. Pasqualino Gaudio
Dr. Frank Duschek
Dr. Anja Baum
Guest Editors

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