TY - GEN
T1 - Enhancing Saltmarsh Monitoring Using UAV Based Hyperspectral Imaging Sensor
T2 - 35th Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2025
AU - Dalai, Sagar
AU - Moreno, Marco
AU - Irfan, Mahammad
AU - Dooley, Adam
AU - Newe, Thomas
AU - Dooly, Gerard
AU - O'connell, Eoin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 IEEE.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Saltmarshes are critical coastal ecosystems that offer biodiversity, shoreline protection, and high carbon sequestration. Monitoring these habitats is essential but challenging because of their spatial complexity and sensitivity. This paper presents a Unmanned Ariel Vehicle (UAV) based hyperspectral survey conducted over Derrymore Saltmarsh, County Kerry, Ireland, using a DJI Matrice 300 drone equipped with a Resonon Pika-L hyperspectral imager. We demonstrate the effectiveness of hyperspectral data and Spectral Angle Mapper (SAM) classification for identifying key saltmarsh vegetation species. Field data from vegetation quadrats were used for validation. Our results highlight the potential of UAV and HSI integration in supporting ecological research, improving habitat mapping accuracy, and enabling scalable, nondestructive monitoring.
AB - Saltmarshes are critical coastal ecosystems that offer biodiversity, shoreline protection, and high carbon sequestration. Monitoring these habitats is essential but challenging because of their spatial complexity and sensitivity. This paper presents a Unmanned Ariel Vehicle (UAV) based hyperspectral survey conducted over Derrymore Saltmarsh, County Kerry, Ireland, using a DJI Matrice 300 drone equipped with a Resonon Pika-L hyperspectral imager. We demonstrate the effectiveness of hyperspectral data and Spectral Angle Mapper (SAM) classification for identifying key saltmarsh vegetation species. Field data from vegetation quadrats were used for validation. Our results highlight the potential of UAV and HSI integration in supporting ecological research, improving habitat mapping accuracy, and enabling scalable, nondestructive monitoring.
KW - Hyperspectral Imaging
KW - Remote Sensing
KW - SaltMarsh
KW - Spectral Angle Mapper
KW - UAV
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105032425576
U2 - 10.1109/ISSC67739.2025.11291396
DO - 10.1109/ISSC67739.2025.11291396
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105032425576
T3 - Irish Signals and Systems Conference: Signalling our Strength, ISSC 2025
BT - Irish Signals and Systems Conference
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 9 June 2025 through 10 June 2025
ER -