Title
Development of two UAVs for volcano studies in southern peru
Date Issued
20 October 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Publisher(s)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Abstract
The development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has gained importance over the last few years due to the innovations brought to farming, architecture, and/or medicine. A novel field where they have been used is volcanology for its long-distance control and the possibility to add multiple sensors for sensing volcano parameters. Two UAVs will be constructed: a multi-rotor (quadcopter) and a fix wing airplane for studying the most active volcano in Peru, the Ubinas. The objective is to get important and useful volcano data without risking the lives of researchers. The quadcopter will be used for image capturing and video recording of the plume, while the airplane will fly close or through to the volcanic plume measuring temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, sulfuric dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Sensores remotos Ingeniería ambiental y geológica Vulcanología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85040007201
Resource of which it is part
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE 24th International Congress on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2017
ISBN of the container
9781509063628
Conference
24th IEEE International Congress on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2017 Cusco 15 August 2017 through 18 August 2017
Sponsor(s)
Jicamarca Radio Observatory (JRO) and Observatorio Vulcanológico del Sur (OVS), research facilities of Instituto Geofísico del Peru (IGP) proposed the construction of UAVs for volcanoes monitoring. With the close colaboration of Grupo de Investigación de Sistemas Aéreos No Tripulados (GISANT), an specialized research group from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) with the financial support of INNOVATE PERU. General aspects of UAVs are discuss in section 2. Section 3 presents the two selected cameras. Section 4 shows the different sensors use to monitor the contaminating gases and describes their data storage. Section 5 describes the mission control software that also monitor the UAV flight. Finally, summary are presents in section 6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors would like to thank the personnel of the Jicamarca Radio Observatory and the GISANT group from Pontificia Universidad Católica for their support during the developing of these project. This research is partially funded by INNOVATE PERU (399-PNICP-PIAP-2014). The Jicamarca Radio Observatory is a facility of the Instituto Geofísico del Perú operated with the support from the NSF AGS-1433968 through Cornell University.
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