Abadala abathathu base-Virginia Tech bacwaninge ukuthi ama-drones angahlonza kanjani umswakama womhlabathi wephrojekthi yekilasi eSikoleni Sezitshalo Nesayensi Yezemvelo UProfesa Kang Xia's Monitoring and Analysis of the course of Environment.
UMat Darrah, uGrady Hesse, noRyan Humphry beqembu Isikole Sesayensi Yezitshalo Nezemvelo yethulwa kwezolimo olunembayo njengendlela yokuphatha lapho kuthunyelwa izinsiza zokuhlola ezizimele ukuze ziqoqe amasampula omhlaba nomhlabathi ukuze kuhlonzwe izindawo ezidinga umsoco owengeziwe.
"Sibonile ukuthi kunomsebenzi owenziwe esikhathini esidlule ngama-drones wokubheka umehluko ezitshalweni, kodwa asizange sibone lutho ngokubikezela amazinga omswakama wenhlabathi kanye nokuqukethwe kwe-organic matter," kusho uHesse, waseBerryville, eVirginia, ophothule isayensi yezemvelo. .
Babezibuza ukuthi ngabe lokhu kungenziwa yini nge-drone.
"Lokho kungaba okudabukisayo," kusho uDarrah, waseLas Vegas, Nevada, kanye neziqu zesayensi yezemvelo. "Ngaphezu kwalokho kupholile ukushayela ama-drones, sasicabanga ukuthi singabamba iqhaza ocwaningweni olungase lube nezinguquko njengabafundi abathola iziqu."
Ucwaningo luphenye idatha ye-Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI) kanye ne-Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), izinkomba ezimbili ze-spectral zomhlabathi, eziqoqwe kuma-drones ukuze kutholwe amazinga omswakama womhlabathi ongenalutho.
Le phrojekthi yokufunda yokuhlola ekugcineni ihlanganise imikhakha eyahlukene ku IKolishi Lezolimo Nesayensi Yezempilo. Uphiko olubambe iqhaza kulo msebenzi wabafundi luhlanganisa u-Song Li, uprofesa ohlanganyele eSikoleni Sezitshalo Nezesayensi Yezemvelo ogxile ekuthuthukisweni kwe-genomics kanye nobuchwepheshe bezinzwa, uSanaz Shafian, umsizi kaprofesa eSikoleni Sezitshalo Nesayensi Yezemvelo, uShawn Jadrnicek, the umphathi wepulazi leVirginia Tech's Homefield Farm, kanye ne-Xia. U-Li, u-Shafian, kanye no-Xia bangamalungu e-faculty ehlobene ne- Isikhungo Sokuqamba Okuthuthukile Kwezolimo.
I-Homefield Farm, ubambiswano phakathi kweDining Services kanye neKholeji Lezolimo Nesayensi Yezempilo kanye nokuwukuphela kokusebenza kwemvelo okuqinisekisiwe okuphethwe inyuvesi eseVirginia, kwakuyisizinda socwaningo lwabafundi. Ipulazi elingamahektha ayisithupha, eliqhutshwa abafundi litholakala kumamayela ayisishiyagalombili entshonalanga yekhempasi yaseBlacksburg futhi lihlinzeka cishe ngamaphawundi angu-50,000 omkhiqizo omusha ezindaweni zokudlela kanye nesitendi sasepulazini laseHomefield esikhungweni. Ipulazi liyingxenye yeVirginia Tech's College Farm Operation, okuhlanganisa neKentland Farm.
“Ngalo lonke usizo lobuhlakani nabasebenzi abahilelekile, lokhu kwenze lokhu kwaba iphrojekthi yocwaningo oluphusile kithina,” kusho uDarrah.
Abafundi banqume ukuthi kudingeka umsebenzi owengeziwe kulokhu, ikakhulukazi ukuthuthukiswa kwezinkomba ezifanele zezakhiwo zomhlabathi, okuhlanganisa nokuswakama kwenhlabathi. Laba abathathu bathole ukuthi ukuhlobana phakathi kwedatha yabo ye-NDVI ne-SAVI bekungabalulekile futhi bekungaqinile ngokwanele ukuze kusetshenziswe okuthembekile.
Ekupheleni kwesemester, iqembu - kanye nabanye abafundi esifundweni - labelane ngale miphumela kanye nokutholakele nge-Zoom. Iqembu lixoxe ngezithombe zalo zasemoyeni, ukuthi zihlobanise kanjani imiphumela, nokunye.
“Ingxenye engangiyithanda kakhulu yalo msebenzi yayilapho sibona imiphumela yethu,” kusho uHumphry, waseYorktown, eVirginia, naye owathweswa iziqu kwisayensi yezemvelo. “Sabona ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi silungile kwezinye izici futhi asilungile kwezinye. Kepha ngicabanga ukuthi bekuhlaba umxhwele ukubona nje esikwazile ukukufeza ngesemester eyodwa ngesikhathi sobhubhane. ”
- UMax Esterhuizen, eVirginia Tech University
U-Matt Darrah, Grady Hesse, noRyan Humphry balungiselela ukundiza ngendiza engenazindiza e-Homefield Farm ukukala umswakama womhlabathi. Isithombe: Ngokuzithoba kuka-Darrah, Hesse no-Humphry