We provide services in the advanced use of small-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) for environmental and ecological monitoring both nationally and internationally.
These services are available to academics, government agencies, industry and individuals interested in the deployment of sUAS for a range of purposes.
If you are interested in this service, get in touch with us at knowledgeexchange@brighton.ac.uk where the team will be happy to help.
The Sensefly eBee Plus (RTK/PPK) is a very versatile fixed-wing system for larger survey areas. At the University of 麻豆果冻传媒 it is available with multiple camera payloads (S.O.D.A, SEQUOIA, and THERMOMAP) so we can configure the systems to your research, project, or business needs.
Clients can collect data without the need for independent ground-control-points and can have cm-1 scale precision.
The DJI Inspire is a multi-rotor system regarded by many as the workhorse of DJI’s product range. It is an extremely adaptable and nimble sUAS capable of carrying a range of payloads (DJI Zenmuse X3 (standard and NIR) and DJI Zenmuse FLIR Thermal sensor).
This system offers clients advanced technologies in one platform for both scientific and cinematic data capture.
The Parrot Bebop 2 FPV is a lightweight and adaptable multi-rotor system.
With the FPV pack (long range controller and immersive FVP) clients can capture, experience and process data in real-time with immediate assessment possible.
The application of small-unmanned aircraft systems and remote sensing for precision viticulture and biodiversity benefit
National Institute of Agricultural Botany
The Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the Detection of Crops and Structure of Agricultural Landscapes
Research programme with Estonian University of Natural Sciences
A sUAS study of Feral Goat population in the Natural area of Paratge Natural de la Serra de Tramuntana (PNST) using thermal imagery to estimate population abundance.
Research programme with Autonomous University of Barcelona
Assessment and monitoring of the invasive aquatic plant Australian Swamp Stonecrop (Crassula helmsii) in internationally important UK wetlands: The use of sUAS based multi-spectral remote sensing.
Environment Agency
An assessment and monitoring of internationally important Estonian coastal grasslands through the use sUAS approaches: multispectral, SfM and LiDAR.
Research programme with Estonian University of Natural Sciences – see
Assessment of the potential small-Unmanned Aircraft Systems to be used to investigate the nutritional stress in mountain ungulates.
Research programme with Autonomous University of Barcelona – see
The detection of small-scale changes in the formation and temporal evolution of topographic features in saltmarsh environments using small-Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) and Structure-from-Motion (SfM).
Environment Agency 2016-2018 - see
Quantification of bedform dynamics and bedload sediment flux in sandy braided rivers from airborne and satellite imagery.
Natural Environment Research Council - see
UAV derived topographic modelling and measurement of the evolution of embryonic tidal creek systems in newly inundated intertidal saltmarsh and mudflat environments.
Environment Agency, 2018 - see
The development of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) for the detection of unimproved grassland systems.
High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 2016 – see
LiDAR-based modelling and visualisation of managed retreat scenarios for coastal planning: an example from the southern UK.
Cuckmere Estuary, 2015 – see
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