CLOSE RANGE RADIOMETRICALLY CALIBRATED THERMAL IMAGERY ANALYSIS OF WILDIFE

摘要

Recent studies of close range radiometrically calibrated thermal imagery provides useful physiological and functional temperature data for veterinary applications and wildlife observation, allowing detection of wildlife numbers and behaviour at night and under low lying vegetative cover. Such data serves as a vital 'ground' truth of imagery for future low flight thermal sensors on aircraft and UAV based systems, and correlation with satellite based imagery.