Multiple Heterogeneous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Multiple Heterogeneous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Author: Aníbal Ollero

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-10-25

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 3540739580

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Complete with online files and updates, this cutting-edge text looks at the next generation of unmanned flying machines. Aerial robots can be considered as an evolution of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). This book provides a complete overview of all the issues related to aerial robotics, addressing problems ranging from flight control to terrain perception and mission planning and execution. The major challenges and potentials of heterogeneous UAVs are comprehensively explored.

Early Warning Systems for Natural Disaster Reduction
Early Warning Systems for Natural Disaster Reduction

Author: Jochen Zschau

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-11-11

Total Pages: 774

ISBN-13: 3642559034

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Written for a broad audience this book offers a comprehensive account of early warning systems for hydro meteorological disasters such as floods and storms, and for geological disasters such as earthquakes. One major theme is the increasingly important role in early warning systems played by the rapidly evolving fields of space and information technology. The authors, all experts in their respective fields, offer a comprehensive and in-depth insight into the current and future perspectives for early warning systems. The text is aimed at decision-makers in the political arena, scientists, engineers and those responsible for public communication and dissemination of warnings.

Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing
Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing

Author: Claudia Kuenzer

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-06-17

Total Pages: 547

ISBN-13: 9400766394

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the field of thermal infrared remote sensing. Temperature is one of the most important physical environmental variables monitored by earth observing remote sensing systems. Temperature ranges define the boundaries of habitats on our planet. Thermal hazards endanger our resources and well-being. In this book renowned international experts have contributed chapters on currently available thermal sensors as well as innovative plans for future missions. Further chapters discuss the underlying physics and image processing techniques for analyzing thermal data. Ground-breaking chapters on applications present a wide variety of case studies leading to a deepened understanding of land and sea surface temperature dynamics, urban heat island effects, forest fires, volcanic eruption precursors, underground coal fires, geothermal systems, soil moisture variability, and temperature-based mineral discrimination. ‘Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing: Sensors, Methods, Applications’ is unique because of the large field it spans, the potentials it reveals, and the detail it provides. This book is an indispensable volume for scientists, lecturers, and decision makers interested in thermal infrared technology, methods, and applications.

Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks: Architectures, Algorithms and Protocols
Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks: Architectures, Algorithms and Protocols

Author: Hai Liu

Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers

Published: 2009-08-11

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1608050181

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"This Ebook brings together the latest developments and studies of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), which should provide a seedbed for new breakthroughs. It focuses on the most representative topics in MANETs and WSNs, s"

Earth Observation of Wildland Fires in Mediterranean Ecosystems
Earth Observation of Wildland Fires in Mediterranean Ecosystems

Author: Emilio Chuvieco

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-09-25

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 3642017541

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Wildland fires are becoming one of the most critical environmental factors affecting a wide range of ecosystems worldwide. In Mediterranean ecosystems (including also South-Africa, California, parts of Chile and Australia), wildland fires are recurrent phenomena every summer, following the seasonal drought. As a result of changes in traditional land use practices, and the impact of recent climate warming, fires have more negative impacts in the last years, threatening lives, socio-economic and ecological values. The book describes the ecological context of fires in the Mediterranean ecosystems, and provides methods to observe fire danger conditions and fire impacts using Earth Observation and Geographic Information System technologies.

IoT and Image Processing Technique for Smart Cities
IoT and Image Processing Technique for Smart Cities

Author: Richard Bell

Publisher:

Published: 2021-09-15

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13:

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In the current scenario, the concept of Smart Cities is one of the emerging and challenging research areas. The cities are surrounded by forests, agricultural land, or open areas, where fire incidence can occur threatening human life and causing many resources to become extinct. This Book aims to design an early fire detection system to get rid of fire events using the concept of senor network and UAV's technology. The architecture proposal is based on sensors for monitoring environmental parameters and to process the information through sensors and IoT application. The proposed fire detection system is the combination of wireless sensor technol- ogies, UAVs, and cloud computing. Some image processing techniques are also integrated into the proposed fire detection system to identify the fire event with better accuracy and used as an integrated solution. To improve the true detection rate, rules are also designed. The simulation results of the proposed fire detection system are compared with several existing methods. It is observed that the proposed system has a higher fire detection rate to improve the true detection of forest fire from 95 to 98 percent.