Grant: Alliance Grants
Université de Sherbrooke
$83,600.00
Validating drone sampling for monitoring freshwater ecosystems
FY 2022-23
Summary
Water monitoring efforts in Canada ensure public safety and health of our aquatic ecosystems. Yet, budgets going towards environmental monitoring are limited; and lakes are chronically under-sampled even in the most inhabited regions of the country. Drones have the potential to vastly increase sampling efficiency and reduce costs, but the results obtained by drone must be verified before they can be used in monitoring programs. This research project aims to test the viability of drones to collect water samples and lake health indicators. Université de Sherbrooke will partner with Spiri robotics to sample 45 lakes and river sites in Quebec Eastern Townships for various measures of ecosystem health. Data for both traditional and drone sampling methods will be compared and the results will be made available publicly rapidly on a web portal for lake associations and government to use in their lake assessment and monitoring. This project aims to provide all the tools and protocols to allow integrating drones as a standard sampling tool for environmental stewards throughout Canada.
Program
Alliance Grants
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
576159-2022
Name nom
Huot, Yannick Y
Department département
Géomatique appliquée
Organization id
68
Institution établissement
Université de Sherbrooke
Province en
Québec
Province fr
Québec
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2022
Competition year année de concours
2022
Award amount
83600
Program id
ALLRP
Program name en
Alliance Grants
Program name fr
Subventions Alliance
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
4702
Research subject group en
Evolution and ecology
Research subject group fr
Évolution et écologie
Research subject en
Aquatic ecology and limnology
Research subject fr
Écologie aquatique et limnologie
Installment
inst:1
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Validating drone sampling for monitoring freshwater ecosystems
Application summary
Water monitoring efforts in Canada ensure public safety and health of our aquatic ecosystems. Yet, budgets going towards environmental monitoring are limited; and lakes are chronically under-sampled even in the most inhabited regions of the country. Drones have the potential to vastly increase sampling efficiency and reduce costs, but the results obtained by drone must be verified before they can be used in monitoring programs. This research project aims to test the viability of drones to collect water samples and lake health indicators. Université de Sherbrooke will partner with Spiri robotics to sample 45 lakes and river sites in Quebec Eastern Townships for various measures of ecosystem health. Data for both traditional and drone sampling methods will be compared and the results will be made available publicly rapidly on a web portal for lake associations and government to use in their lake assessment and monitoring. This project aims to provide all the tools and protocols to allow integrating drones as a standard sampling tool for environmental stewards throughout Canada.
