{"id":1013,"date":"2020-07-13T10:53:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T14:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2023-08-28T12:00:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T16:00:24","slug":"autonomous-uas-for-harmful-algal-blooms-detection-and-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/index.php\/autonomous-uas-for-harmful-algal-blooms-detection-and-tracking","title":{"rendered":"Autonomous UAS for Harmful Algal Blooms Detection and Tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Kingston_pond-1024x747.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Kingston_pond-1024x747.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Kingston_pond-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Kingston_pond-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Kingston_pond-1536x1121.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Kingston_pond-2048x1495.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n\n<p>Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) are characterized by an overgrowth of algae in water, or an algae bloom. Algae blooms become harmful to the ecosystem when the blooming organisms contain toxins which can lead to death of marine life, produce harmful conditions to health, and have significant impact on economics.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>It is proposed to use autonomous UAS equipped with proper sensors to automatically detect HAB, to track HAB scope and its growth. The scientific side of research is to develop the detection using RGB band camera with spectral enhancement techniques;  while the engineering side of research focuses on integrated and interactive sensing\/control of UAS: 1) optimized flight control (altitude, speed, angle, etc) for best possible data collection; and 2) data-oriented autonomous navigation to track HAB scope and growth.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/algaedrone-1024x348.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/algaedrone-1024x348.png 1024w, https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/algaedrone-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/algaedrone-768x261.png 768w, https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/algaedrone.png 1475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wetland4-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wetland4-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wetland4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wetland4-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wetland4-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wetland4-2048x1356.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"986\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mission6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mission6.png 986w, https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mission6-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/flight.utias.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mission6-768x504.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Participants: <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Prof. Yuxiang Wang (Queen&#8217;s)<\/li><li>Prof. Daniel Lefebvre (Queen&#8217;s)<\/li><li>Yih Tang Yeo (MASc)<\/li><li>Yasir Malang (MASc) &#8211; on original VTOL design<\/li><li>Dr. Pin Lyu (NUAA)<\/li><li>Prof. Jizhou Lai (NUAA)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Publications:<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"teachpress_pub_list\"><form name=\"tppublistform\" method=\"get\"><a name=\"tppubs\" id=\"tppubs\"><\/a><\/form><div class=\"teachpress_publication_list\"><h3 class=\"tp_h3\" id=\"tp_h3_2019\">2019<\/h3><div class=\"tp_publication tp_publication_article\"><div class=\"tp_pub_info\"><p class=\"tp_pub_author\"> Qu, Mingzhi;  Anderson, Stephen;  Lyu*, Pin;  Malang*, Yasir;  Lai, Jizhou;  Liu, Jianye;  Jiang, Bin;  Xie, Feng;  Liu, Hugh H. -T.;  Lefebvre, Daniel D;  Wanga, Yuxiang<\/p><p class=\"tp_pub_title\"><a class=\"tp_title_link\" onclick=\"teachpress_pub_showhide('637','tp_links')\" style=\"cursor:pointer;\">Effective aerial monitoring of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms is dependent on understanding cellular migration<\/a> <span class=\"tp_pub_type tp_  article\">Journal Article<\/span> <\/p><p class=\"tp_pub_additional\"><span class=\"tp_pub_additional_in\">In: <\/span><span class=\"tp_pub_additional_journal\">Harmful Algae, <\/span><span class=\"tp_pub_additional_volume\">vol. 87, <\/span><span class=\"tp_pub_additional_year\">2019<\/span>.<\/p><p class=\"tp_pub_menu\"><span class=\"tp_resource_link\"><a id=\"tp_links_sh_637\" class=\"tp_show\" onclick=\"teachpress_pub_showhide('637','tp_links')\" title=\"Show links and resources\" style=\"cursor:pointer;\">Links<\/a><\/span> | <span class=\"tp_bibtex_link\"><a id=\"tp_bibtex_sh_637\" class=\"tp_show\" onclick=\"teachpress_pub_showhide('637','tp_bibtex')\" title=\"Show BibTeX entry\" style=\"cursor:pointer;\">BibTeX<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class=\"tp_bibtex\" id=\"tp_bibtex_637\" style=\"display:none;\"><div class=\"tp_bibtex_entry\"><pre>@article{qu_effective_2019,<br \/>\r\ntitle = {Effective aerial monitoring of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms is dependent on understanding cellular migration},<br \/>\r\nauthor = {Mingzhi Qu and Stephen Anderson and Pin Lyu* and Yasir Malang* and Jizhou Lai and Jianye Liu and Bin Jiang and Feng Xie and Hugh H. -T. Liu and Daniel D Lefebvre and Yuxiang Wanga},<br \/>\r\ndoi = {doi.org\/10.1016\/j.hal.2019.101620},<br \/>\r\nyear  = {2019},<br \/>\r\ndate = {2019-07-01},<br \/>\r\njournal = {Harmful Algae},<br \/>\r\nvolume = {87},<br \/>\r\nkeywords = {},<br \/>\r\npubstate = {published},<br \/>\r\ntppubtype = {article}<br \/>\r\n}<br \/>\r\n<\/pre><\/div><p class=\"tp_close_menu\"><a class=\"tp_close\" onclick=\"teachpress_pub_showhide('637','tp_bibtex')\">Close<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"tp_links\" id=\"tp_links_637\" style=\"display:none;\"><div class=\"tp_links_entry\"><ul class=\"tp_pub_list\"><li><i class=\"ai ai-doi\"><\/i><a class=\"tp_pub_list\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.hal.2019.101620\" title=\"Follow DOI:doi.org\/10.1016\/j.hal.2019.101620\" target=\"_blank\">doi:doi.org\/10.1016\/j.hal.2019.101620<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><p class=\"tp_close_menu\"><a class=\"tp_close\" onclick=\"teachpress_pub_showhide('637','tp_links')\">Close<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"tp_h3\" id=\"tp_h3_2017\">2017<\/h3><div class=\"tp_publication tp_publication_article\"><div class=\"tp_pub_info\"><p class=\"tp_pub_author\"> Lyu*, Pin;  Malang*, Yasir;  Liu, Hugh H. -T.;  Lai, Jizhou;  Liu, Jianye;  Jiang, Bin;  Qu, Mingzhi;  Anderson, Stephen;  Lefbvre, Daniel;  Wang, Yuxiang<\/p><p class=\"tp_pub_title\">Autonomous cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms monitoring using multirotor UAS <span class=\"tp_pub_type tp_  article\">Journal Article<\/span> <\/p><p class=\"tp_pub_additional\"><span class=\"tp_pub_additional_in\">In: <\/span><span class=\"tp_pub_additional_journal\">International Journal of Remote Sensing, <\/span><span class=\"tp_pub_additional_volume\">vol. 38, <\/span><span class=\"tp_pub_additional_number\">no. 8-10, <\/span><span class=\"tp_pub_additional_pages\">pp. 2818\u20132843, <\/span><span class=\"tp_pub_additional_year\">2017<\/span>.<\/p><p class=\"tp_pub_menu\"><span class=\"tp_bibtex_link\"><a id=\"tp_bibtex_sh_723\" class=\"tp_show\" onclick=\"teachpress_pub_showhide('723','tp_bibtex')\" title=\"Show BibTeX entry\" style=\"cursor:pointer;\">BibTeX<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class=\"tp_bibtex\" id=\"tp_bibtex_723\" style=\"display:none;\"><div class=\"tp_bibtex_entry\"><pre>@article{lyu_autonomous_2017,<br \/>\r\ntitle = {Autonomous cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms monitoring using multirotor UAS},<br \/>\r\nauthor = {Pin Lyu* and Yasir Malang* and Hugh H. -T. Liu and Jizhou Lai and Jianye Liu and Bin Jiang and Mingzhi Qu and Stephen Anderson and Daniel Lefbvre and Yuxiang Wang},<br \/>\r\nyear  = {2017},<br \/>\r\ndate = {2017-01-01},<br \/>\r\njournal = {International Journal of Remote Sensing},<br \/>\r\nvolume = {38},<br \/>\r\nnumber = {8-10},<br \/>\r\npages = {2818\u20132843},<br \/>\r\nkeywords = {},<br \/>\r\npubstate = {published},<br \/>\r\ntppubtype = {article}<br \/>\r\n}<br \/>\r\n<\/pre><\/div><p class=\"tp_close_menu\"><a class=\"tp_close\" onclick=\"teachpress_pub_showhide('723','tp_bibtex')\">Close<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"tp_h3\" id=\"tp_h3_2015\">2015<\/h3><div class=\"tp_publication tp_publication_inproceedings\"><div class=\"tp_pub_info\"><p class=\"tp_pub_author\"> Malang, Yasir;  Liu, Hugh H T<\/p><p class=\"tp_pub_title\">AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT CONTROL OF A VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING FIXED-WING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE <span class=\"tp_pub_type tp_  inproceedings\">Proceedings Article<\/span> <\/p><p class=\"tp_pub_additional\"><span class=\"tp_pub_additional_in\">In: <\/span><span class=\"tp_pub_additional_booktitle\">CASI AERO 2015, <\/span><span class=\"tp_pub_additional_address\">Montreal, QC, <\/span><span class=\"tp_pub_additional_year\">2015<\/span>.<\/p><p class=\"tp_pub_menu\"><span class=\"tp_bibtex_link\"><a id=\"tp_bibtex_sh_716\" class=\"tp_show\" onclick=\"teachpress_pub_showhide('716','tp_bibtex')\" title=\"Show BibTeX entry\" style=\"cursor:pointer;\">BibTeX<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class=\"tp_bibtex\" id=\"tp_bibtex_716\" style=\"display:none;\"><div class=\"tp_bibtex_entry\"><pre>@inproceedings{malang_autonomous_2015,<br \/>\r\ntitle = {AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT CONTROL OF A VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING FIXED-WING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE},<br \/>\r\nauthor = {Yasir Malang and Hugh H T Liu},<br \/>\r\nyear  = {2015},<br \/>\r\ndate = {2015-04-01},<br \/>\r\nbooktitle = {CASI AERO 2015},<br \/>\r\naddress = {Montreal, QC},<br \/>\r\nkeywords = {},<br \/>\r\npubstate = {published},<br \/>\r\ntppubtype = {inproceedings}<br \/>\r\n}<br \/>\r\n<\/pre><\/div><p class=\"tp_close_menu\"><a class=\"tp_close\" onclick=\"teachpress_pub_showhide('716','tp_bibtex')\">Close<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) are characterized by an overgrowth of algae in water, or an algae bloom. 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