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Modeling Major Rural Land-Use Changes Using the GIS-Based Cellular Automata Metronamica Model: The Case of Andalusia (Southern Spain)
(MDPI, 2020)
The effective and efficient planning of rural land-use changes and their impact on the environment is critical for land-use managers. Many land-use growth models have been proposed for forecasting growth patterns in the ...
The Development of an Open Hardware and Software System Onboard Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Monitor Concentrated Solar Power Plants
(MDPI, 2017)
Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants are increasingly gaining interest as a source of
renewable energy. These plants face several technical problems and the inspection of components such
as absorber tubes in parabolic ...
Monitoring Heritage Buildings with Open Source Hardware Sensors: A Case Study of the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba
(MDPI, 2016)
A number of physical factors can adversely affect cultural heritage. Therefore, monitoring
parameters involved in the deterioration process, principally temperature and relative humidity,
is useful for preventive ...
Improvement of Remote Sensing-Based Assessment of Defoliation of Pinus spp. Caused by Thaumetopoea pityocampa Denis and Schiffermüller and Related Environmental Drivers in Southeastern Spain
(MDPI, 2019)
This study used Landsat temporal series to describe defoliation levels due to the Pine Processionary Moth (PPM) in Pinus forests of southeastern Andalusia (Spain), utilizing Google Earth Engine. A combination of remotely ...
Effect of Lockdown Measures on Atmospheric Nitrogen Dioxide during SARS-CoV-2 in Spain
(MDPI, 2020)
The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 has affected many countries and regions. In order to contain the spread of infection, many countries have adopted lockdown measures. As a result, SARS-CoV-2 has negatively influenced economies ...
Determination of Bathing Water Quality Using Thermal Images Landsat 8 on theWest Coast of Tangier: Preliminary Results
(MDPI, 2019)
Bathing water quality has been monitored in the west coast of Tangier, Morocco due to increased urban and industrial discharge through the Boukhalef river, using in-situ bacteriological measurements which demand high ...
Project-Based Learning Applied to Unmanned Aerial Systems and Remote Sensing
(MDPI, 2019)
The development of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology and the miniaturization of sensors have changed the way remote sensing (RS) is used, popularizing this geoscientific discipline in other fields, such as precision ...
Classification of 3D Point Clouds Using Color Vegetation Indices for Precision Viticulture and Digitizing Applications
(MDPI, 2020)
Remote sensing applied in the digital transformation of agriculture and, more particularly, in precision viticulture offers methods to map field spatial variability to support site-specific management strategies; these can ...
Assessing Optimal Flight Parameters for Generating Accurate Multispectral Orthomosaicks by UAV to Support Site-Specific Crop Management
(MDPI, 2015)
This article describes the technical specifications and configuration of a multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to acquire remote images using a six-band multispectral sensor. Several flight missions were programmed ...
Drift Correction of Lightweight Microbolometer Thermal Sensors On-Board Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(MDPI, 2018)
The development of lightweight sensors compatible with mini unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs) has expanded the agronomical applications of remote sensing. Of particular interest in this
paper are thermal sensors based on ...