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Peter Kimball with the camera-equipped plane.

Peter Kimball with the camera-equipped plane.
Peter Kimball with the camera-equipped plane.
Peter Kimball with the camera-equipped plane.
Peter Kimball with the camera-equipped plane.
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Singh, Hanumant
Peter Kimball with the camera-equipped plane.
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03/24/2012
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It was about 25?C (-13?F) this week in Qaanaaq, Greenland (Latitude 77?N), when WHOI post-doc Peter Kimball tested a prototype unmanned aerial system (UAS) developed by him and WHOI colleagues Hanu Singh, John Bailey, and David Fisichella. The plane will fly above sea ice and glaciers, equipped with a camera to create a high-resolution photomosaic of the ice. Scientific colleagues hope to overlay the photomosaic atop measurements of ice thickness taken with a ground sensor pulled by dog sled. The idea for the UAS arose from Bailey's hobby flying remote-controlled model airplanes. He and Singh saw it as an inexpensive way to collect aerial data. Read more about the team's work on the expedition blog.
2011 Next Wave caption:
Peter Kimball in Qaanaaq, Greenland, tests a prototype unmanned aerial system (UAS) developed by him and WHOI colleagues. The plane will fly above sea ice and glaciers, equipped with a camera to create a high-resolution photomosaic of the ice.
Photo by Hanumant Singh
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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