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    A new perspective on reindeer counting in Svalbard

    by richard-hann 28. July 2021

    This summer a group of scientists from the University Centre in Svalbard and the Norwegian Polar Institute pioneered a new method to count reindeer in Svalbard using drone technology. Their goal was to count reindeer in Sassendalen using aerial imagery that was obtained from an…

    Svalbard, UAVs 0

    SIOS Early Career Researcher Award

    by richard-hann 21. June 2021

    Last week, I participated in the SIOS Online Conference 2021 with an abstract titled “Scientific Applications of Unmanned Vehicles in Svalbard”. My presentation was based on the SESS Report chapter that I wrote for SIOS last year. Today, I was notified that I received the…

    Academia, Svalbard, UAVs 0

    How much energy is required to prevent ice on UAVs?

    by richard-hann 18. March 2021

    In-flight icing of UAVs is a severe hazard that prevents drone operations in bad weather conditions. In order to overcome this limitation, UAVs can be equipped with ice protection systems that mitigate the negative effects of icing. One solution is to heat the exposed surfaces…

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    Exploring the Hazards of Drone Icing

    by richard-hann 15. August 2019

    Icing of drones is a severe hazard that significantly limits the usage of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles. Researchers conducted experiments in an icing wind tunnel to learn more about icing to test an icing protection system. This spring, researchers from the Norwegian University of Science…

    Icing, UAVs, Wind Tunnel 0

    Drones Help Reveal the Secrets of Glacier Crevasses

    by richard-hann 9. April 2019

    Many of the glaciers on Svalbard are heavily crevassed. A multidisciplinary research group is now using drones to create high-resolution maps of glacier surfaces to study how crevasses influence the rate of heat exchange with the atmosphere. A glacier is a large mass of snow…

    Svalbard, UAVs 1

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