USGS and DOI remote pilots prepare a hyperspectral sensor prior to a UAS flight over a BLM AIM plot near Moab, Utah

USGS NUSO (Victoria Scholl and Matt Burgess) and DOI OAS (Rich Thurau) remote pilots prepare a Headwall Nano-Hyperspec hyperspectral sensor prior to a UAS flight over a BLM AIM plot near Moab, Utah

In May 2023, in coordination with Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), the NUSO collected UAS data over two BLM Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) plots at the NEON Moab site to support multi-scale carbon sequestration research on public lands. The UAS data collected included natural-color, multispectral, hyperspectral, and LiDAR to capture diverse information about vegetation and soils.