Guan, S., Sirianni, H., Wang, W., Zhu, Z. (2022) sUAS monitoring of Coastal Environments: A Review of Best Practices from Field to Lab. Drones. 6(6), 142, https://doi.org/10.3390/drones6060142 (Journal Article: IF: 5.532).

Abstract

This review article aims to synthesize and illustrate best practices used to collect and process sUAS data of coastal environments. To assist with this objective, we reviewed recent review articles that focus on sUAS applications in coastal environments and include topics such as regulations, sensors, platforms, calibration, validation, and data processing. Based on the best practices identified from these review articles in addition to the current literature, we illustrate a step-by-step workflow that can be used for either conducting sUAS surveys or sUAS data processing, or both.

Figure 2. A 17-step workflow using best practices for processing sUAS photo-based surveys of coastal environments.