Item talk:Q228296

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 "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources/science/integration-suas-hydrogeophysical-studies",
 "headline": "Integration of sUAS into Hydrogeophysical Studies",
 "datePublished": "March 4, 2019",
 "author": [
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     "name": "Cian Dawson",
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     "text": "Integration of sUAS into groundwater studies will expand USGS capabilities to collect and use hydrologic information to improve our understanding of groundwater availability and quality:"
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     "text": "USGS National Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office"
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     "text": "U.S. Department of the Interior Operational Procedures Memorandum (OPM) \u2013 11: DOI Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)"
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     "text": "There is significant interest in the application of sUAS-borne scientific sensors to USGS hydrogeologic studies, especially groundwater/surface-water exchange studies. USGS is evaluating the potential for cost-effective, operationally feasible integration of sUAS-borne sensors into USGS hydrogeophysical studies."
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     "text": "Sensors and aircraft used by USGS must be approved for use by the USGS UAS Project Office and Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Aviation Services. USGS remote pilots are carded for operations by the Department of the Interior and certified Remote Pilots under the Federal Aviation Administration's Part 107."
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     "text": "The USGS is evaluating the integration of small unoccupied aircraft systems \u2013 sUAS or \"drones\" \u2013  into USGS hydrogeophysical studies."
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     "text": "This combination of factors is enabling increased use of sUAS as accessible, cost-effective, and safe tools for low-altitude deployment of scientific sensors."
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     "text": "The small unoccupied aircraft systems (sUAS) sector is advancing rapidly through:"
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     "text": "U.S. Department of the Interior/ Federal Aviation Administration Unmanned Aircraft Systems Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA): Operation of small Unmanned Aircraft System(s) weighing less than 55 lbs., in Class G airspace at or below 400 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) under the provisions of this authorization (2016-CSA-185-COA REV 1)"
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     "text": "Initial efforts are focusing on evaluation and demonstration of hydrogeologic data collection with natural color, multispectral, and thermal imaging sensors on small quadcopters. Longer term efforts include assessment of new and emerging sUAS geophysical sensors, such as ground-penetrating radar for bathymetry."
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