TOWARDS A MULTI-SENSOR APPROACH FOR LARGE SCALE ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY MONITORING

The IGG-CNR conduce UAV The technology solution used until now, while lightweight (multirotor) monitoring activities in and easily transportable, has limitations in flight various Italian natural parks, covering autonomy and logistics concerning the environment to be a variety of environmental parameters monitored. The VTOL, Vertical Take-Off and Landing, and sensors (LIDAR, multispectral, acquired allows overcoming these limits and expanding RGB, thermal, etc.). These surveys are the monitoring area, considering also a potential 'airway' complemented by ground monitoring to reach the area of interest. However, the system to obtain information on parameters requires specific preparation for the pilots and an not easily estimated remotely (e.g., adequate ground infrastructure for command and control. carbon and water fluxes) and to Since many years, the Mobile Research Unit has been provide ground calibration/validation responding to the technological needs of unmanned for drone data.