2018 LTER All Scientists' Meeting

This workshop will introduce researchers to the use of drones for imaging study sites and best practices for creating actionable products and time series. We will start with the basics: FAA licensing, flight training, and designing a mission plan. We will discuss avoiding common hazards such as adverse weather conditions and low flying aircraft. The workshop will cover the use of color and multi/hyperspectral imaging, including the use of ground control points for georeferencing and reflectance panels for image calibration. We will demo software for creating orthomosaics of drone imagery and common classification techniques. Finally, we will discuss the scaling of this high-resolution imagery to spaceborne remote sensing technologies.