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Mapping Coastal Elevations and Water Depths Using Unmanned Vehicles ...
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The use of commercially available unmanned vehicles has become increasingly common in coastal areas. To encourage their increased use at NOAA ...
Guidelines for Bathymetric Mapping and Orthoimage Generation using sUAS ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/guidelines-for-bathymetric-mapping-and-orthoimage-generation-using-suas-and-sfm-an-approach-for-conducting-nearshore-coastal-mapping/
The absence of accurate, contemporary, or detailed bathymetric data in nearshore coastal waters impedes coastal research, conservation, disaster ...
NOAA Evaluates Capabilities of Unmanned Surface Vehicle
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This week, the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) is partnering with the Office of Coast Survey, the Office of Marine and Aviation ...
Uncrewed Systems for Mapping - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
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Uncrewed Systems for Mapping Uncrewed systems, or more commonly UxS, encompass a wide array of vehicle types—aerial, terrestrial, or marine (surface ...
NCCOS Tests Drones to Map Coastline and Nearshore Waters
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The researchers collected thousands of water depth soundings using an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV). This information will be used to validate the ...
NOAA Evaluates Using Drones to Map Coastline and Nearshore Waters
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Drones, also known as small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS), tested in St Croix: DJI S900 (left), 3DR Solo (middle), and DJI Mavic (right). Credit ...
Researchers Develop Drone-based System to Detect Marine Debris ...
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Unmanned Aerial Systems, or drones, offer this capability. Polarized light reflected from human-made objects often differs from natural objects, such ...
Scientists Test Improved Laser Scanning and Imaging Capabilities for ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/scientists-test-improved-laser-scanning-and-imaging-capabilities-for-mapping-mesophotic-coral-communities/
Recently, NCCOS was joined by partners in tests to evaluate the performance of a new laser/imaging sensor in a REMUS 600 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ...
NOAA, MBARI Achieve Groundbreaking Milestone in Use of Uncrewed Vehicle ...
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The team recently completed the first underway measurements of microcystin (MC) — a potent liver toxin produced by the cyanobacteria that cause HABs ...
Testing the Feasibility of Robotic Gliders to Monitor the Gulf of ...
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RECOMMENDATION: Adopt a hybrid approach that uses combination of buoyancy gliders and autonomous vehicles. The glider-hypoxia demonstration project ...
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science - NCCOS
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Mapping Coastal Elevations and Water Depths Using Unmanned Vehicles (Drones) Coral Monitoring and Assessment. Monitoring coral reef ecosystems ...
Characterizing Spatial Distributions of Deep-sea Corals and ...
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What We Did This study had three main components: We compiled a database of presence-absence observations of deep-sea corals and chemosynthetic ...
Successful Preliminary UAS Flights Collect Dolphin-blow Microbiome ...
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Collecting samples from the blow, or exhalations, of large whales using Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), i.e. drones, is nothing new. However ...
Fish assemblages associated with red grouper pits at Pulley Ridge, a ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/fish-assemblages-associated-red-grouper-pits-pulley-ridge-mesophotic-reef-gulf-mexico/
Surveys conducted with remotely operated vehicles from 2012 through 2015 were used to characterize fish assemblages associated with grouper pits at ...
Seafloor Mapping Mission Supports Better Characterization of Florida ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/seabed-mapping-of-florida-keys-coral-ecosystem-from-the-noaa-ship-nancy-foster-filled-gaps-and-improved-resolution/
An ROV, operated by the Undersea Vehicles Program at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, traversed 14 transects covering 10 kilometers, while ...
NOAA Beaufort Lab Hosts Open House - NCCOS - National Centers for ...
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Earlier this month, over 200 people visited the NOAA Beaufort Lab during its first open house in 19 years. Visitors to the lab in Beaufort, North ...
Spawning Success: Scientists Witness Rare Mesophotic Coral Reproduction ...
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The team collected S. exserta fragments using a remotely operated vehicle during expeditions in the Gulf in 2021 and 2022, then cared for them in ...
Dominic Hondolero - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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Currently, Honoldero is learning how to use unmanned aerial survey methods to assess nearshore ecosystems. Hondolero began his association with NOAA ...
Photo Identification Guides for Deep-sea Corals and Sponges Now ...
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The guides combine light microscope and scanning electron microscope images with high-resolution in-situ images taken by remotely operated underwater ...
Habitat Mapping and Characterization - NCCOS - National Centers for ...
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Habitat Mapping and Characterization Maps that depict and characterize the physical features and arrangement of seafloor habitats are the foundation ...