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Detection of two Arctic birds in Greenland and an endangered bird in Korea using RGB and thermal cameras with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

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dc.contributor.authorLee, Won Young-
dc.contributor.authorPark, Mijin-
dc.contributor.authorHyun, Chang-Uk-
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-19T05:12:47Z-
dc.date.available2020-10-19T05:12:47Z-
dc.date.issued2019-09-
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.kopri.re.kr/handle/201206/10830-
dc.description.abstractUnmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), so-called 'drones', have been widely used to monitor wild animals. Here, we tested a UAV with red, green, and blue (RGB) and thermal cameras to detect free-living birds in a high Arctic region in North Greenland and in a restricted area in the Republic of Korea. Small flocks of molting pink-footed geese (Anser brachyrhynchus) near sea ice and incubating common ringed plovers (Charadrius hiaticula) in the Arctic environment were chosen for the RGB and thermal image studies. From the acquired images, we built mosaicked RGB images and coregistered thermal images, and estimated the animal shapes. Our results showed that geese were discriminated in both RGB and thermal images with water and sea ice backgrounds. Incubating plover bodies were not distinguished in RGB images due to their cryptic coloration, but they were detected in thermal images with cold background areas in the Arctic environment. We further conducted a blind survey in a restricted area under military control in Korea near the breeding sites of black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor), which is an endangered species. From UAV flights with RGB and thermal cameras operated out of the restricted area, we acquired images of white objects in the mudflats and verified that the objects were resting spoonbills by watching the birds. We suggest that thermal cameras and UAVs can be applied to monitor animals in extreme environments and in restricted areas and help researchers find cryptic wader nests.en_US
dc.languageKoreanen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectScience & Technology - Other Topicsen_US
dc.subject.classification기타(그린란드)en_US
dc.titleDetection of two Arctic birds in Greenland and an endangered bird in Korea using RGB and thermal cameras with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)en_US
dc.title.alternative무인기 가시광선, 적외선 카메라를 활용한 그린란드 조류 탐사 및 국내 멸종위기종 관측에 응용한 사례 보고en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationLee, Won Young, Park, Mijin, Hyun, Chang-Uk. 2019. "Detection of two Arctic birds in Greenland and an endangered bird in Korea using RGB and thermal cameras with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)". <em>PLOS ONE</em>, 14(9): 222088-222088.-
dc.citation.titlePLOS ONEen_US
dc.citation.volume14en_US
dc.citation.number9en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0222088-
dc.citation.startPage222088en_US
dc.citation.endPage222088en_US
dc.description.articleClassificationSCIE-
dc.description.jcrRateJCR 2017:23.438en_US
dc.subject.keywordNORTH GREENLANDen_US
dc.subject.keywordAIRCRAFTen_US
dc.subject.keywordDRONESen_US
dc.identifier.localId2019-0185-
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-85071741874-
dc.identifier.wosid000486313000062-
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2018-2018, Basic research for behavioral ecology in Sirius Passet, North Greenland (18-18) / Lee, Won Young (PE18370)
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