Radio Tracking Fish with Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Karl R. Anderson 1 , David M. Witten II 2 , Kevin A. O’Connor 3 , Leanne Hanson 4 , Robert P. Dahlgren 5 , Duane C. Chapman 1 , Jonas Jonsson 6 , Ethan A. Pinsker 7 1 U. S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, 4200 New Haven Road, Columbia, MO 65201 2 WWR Development, 2322 Deer Creek Ct., Columbia, MO 65201. 3 NanoElectromagnetics LLC, 1601 S. Providence RD Columbia MO 65201 4 U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, 2150 Centre Ave. Building C, Fort Collins, CO 80526 5 CSUMB/NASA-Ames Research Center, MS245-4, Biospheric Science Branch, Moffett Field, CA 94035 6 SGT Inc./NASA Ames Research Center, MS269, Intelligent Systems Division, Moffett Field, CA 94035 7 BAERI/NASA-Ames Research Center, MS245-4, Biospheric Science Branch, Moffett Field, CA 94035 09/06/2017
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Radio Tracking Fish with Small
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS)Karl R. Anderson1, David M. Witten II2, Kevin A. O’Connor3, Leanne Hanson4, Robert P. Dahlgren5,
Duane C. Chapman1, Jonas Jonsson6, Ethan A. Pinsker7
1 U. S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, 4200 New Haven Road, Columbia, MO 652012WWR Development, 2322 Deer Creek Ct., Columbia, MO 65201.
3NanoElectromagnetics LLC, 1601 S. Providence RD Columbia MO 652014 U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, 2150 Centre Ave. Building C, Fort Collins, CO 805265 CSUMB/NASA-Ames Research Center, MS245-4, Biospheric Science Branch, Moffett Field, CA 940356 SGT Inc./NASA Ames Research Center, MS269, Intelligent Systems Division, Moffett Field, CA 940357 BAERI/NASA-Ames Research Center, MS245-4, Biospheric Science Branch, Moffett Field, CA 94035
09/06/2017
▪ Proposal funded through the USGS
Innovation Center
▪ Collaborators:▪ USGS: CERC, FORT, NUPO, L&RS Program
▪ WWR Development
▪ NanoElectromagnetics LLC
▪ NASA-Ames Research Center
▪ DOI-Office of Aviation Services, UAS Division
▪ Missouri Department of Conservation
1. Project Background
▪ Personnel:▪ NASA:
▪ Bob Dahlgren, Dave Satterfield, Jonas Jonnsson, Ethan
Pinsker
▪ USGS:▪ Karl Anderson, Leanne Hanson, Joe Deters, Patrick
Kroboth
▪ WWR Development:▪ Dave Witten
▪ DOI-OAS:▪ Rich Thurau
1. Project Background
1. Project Background
▪ Concept of Operations▪ Assess UAV payload capacity
▪ COTS telemetry equipment too heavy for UAV
▪ Select airframe
▪ Develop and test telemetry payload (receiver and
antenna)
▪ Integrate UAV and telemetry payload
▪ Airworthiness review and flight tests with
telemetry payload
▪ Field data collection using UAV with telemetry
payload
1. Project Background
1. Project Background
▪ Advancing UAV in natural
resources
▪ Successful demonstration
▪ of UAV-deployed telemetry
▪ system will expand demand
and increase
applicability of
technologyMoving telemetry
forward…
1. Project Background
▪ The ability to track invasive Asian carp is
critical for control efforts. ▪
▪ This is a time-consuming task▪
▪ Carp frequent areas inaccessible by boat
causing gaps in tracking data
Burlington Island complex, Mississippi
River. USDA-NAIP image.
Mississippi River
~2 miles wide and
~20 foot long speed
boat shown for scale
1. Project Background
▪ UAV equipped with a receiver should be able to more