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Assessing the Capabilities of a Multispectral Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) at the Santa Rosa Environmental Monitoring Super Site, Costa Rica
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The main objective of this thesis was to assess the capabilities of an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) equipped with a multispectral camera at the Santa Rosa Environmental Monitoring Super Site, Guanacaste, Costa Rica (SR-EMSS). Nowadays, available solutions for processing UAS multispectral imagery...
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Characterizing an in-situ fraction of Photosynthetic Active Radiation product for implementation in the validation of MODIS-derived fraction of Photosynthetic Active Radiation products using continuous-wavelet transforms
DownloadSpring 2020
The goal of this thesis is to address the need to improve forestry monitoring and satellite validation techniques to better contextualize the effects that human-induced climate change is having on tropical dry forests (TDFs). Climate change is expected to change regional and global precipitation...
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Spring 2023
Secondary succession is defined as natural regeneration following complete forest clearance from anthropogenic or natural disturbances. Traditional strategies aimed to map and characterize secondary succession using remote sensing are usually based on deterministic approaches, where transitions...
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Spring 2018
Ecosystems provide humankind with a wide range of services that are fundamental for our wellness, development, and survival. In recent decades, the loss and deterioration of ecosystems a result of anthropogenic pressures had increased global awareness. Tropical Dry Forests (TDFs) are ecosystems...