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Wetland monitoring technification for the Ecuadorian Andean region based on a multi-agent framework
Remote sensing using satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has become an important tool for wetland delimitation and saturation assessment since they enable patterns identification and wetland saturation data collection in an agile and optimum way. However, their deployment and operative co...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8968649/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35368524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09054 |
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author | Valencia, Esteban Changoluisa, Iván Palma, Kevin Cruz, Patricio Valencia, Deyanira Ayala, Paul Hidalgo, Victor Quisi, Diego Jara, Nelson Puga, Diana |
author_facet | Valencia, Esteban Changoluisa, Iván Palma, Kevin Cruz, Patricio Valencia, Deyanira Ayala, Paul Hidalgo, Victor Quisi, Diego Jara, Nelson Puga, Diana |
author_sort | Valencia, Esteban |
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description | Remote sensing using satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has become an important tool for wetland delimitation and saturation assessment since they enable patterns identification and wetland saturation data collection in an agile and optimum way. However, their deployment and operative costs limit their implementation in harsh environments, such as the ones presented in the high Andean wetlands. In this context, this work presents a framework to monitor cost-effectively high Andean wetlands using a multi-agent approach based on: field testing, UAV orthomosaics, and satellite imagery. The method developed comprises two stages: i) definition of the monitoring agent (field testing, satellite, UAV) and ii) image processing. For these stages, semi-empirical and statistical models, which were developed in previous works are incorporated in an open-source framework to tailor each monitoring approach accordingly to the seasonality of a representative Andean wetland. The application of the method and its results highlight the suitability of using visual spectrum low-cost remote sensing approach to compute wetlands saturation percentage. In addition, the methodology proposed allowed the development of a temporal monitoring scheme, where the viability of each monitoring agent is examined. In order to validate the method, field data and multispectral imagery were employed using as case of study the Pugllohuma wetland located in the Antisana Reserve. Thus, the main contribution of this work lies in establishing a technified monitoring framework for the Ecuadorian high Andean wetlands, which can be scaled up and extrapolated to other wetlands with similar harsh environmental conditions, helping to their management and protection policies decision-making. |
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spelling | pubmed-89686492022-04-01 Wetland monitoring technification for the Ecuadorian Andean region based on a multi-agent framework Valencia, Esteban Changoluisa, Iván Palma, Kevin Cruz, Patricio Valencia, Deyanira Ayala, Paul Hidalgo, Victor Quisi, Diego Jara, Nelson Puga, Diana Heliyon Research Article Remote sensing using satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has become an important tool for wetland delimitation and saturation assessment since they enable patterns identification and wetland saturation data collection in an agile and optimum way. However, their deployment and operative costs limit their implementation in harsh environments, such as the ones presented in the high Andean wetlands. In this context, this work presents a framework to monitor cost-effectively high Andean wetlands using a multi-agent approach based on: field testing, UAV orthomosaics, and satellite imagery. The method developed comprises two stages: i) definition of the monitoring agent (field testing, satellite, UAV) and ii) image processing. For these stages, semi-empirical and statistical models, which were developed in previous works are incorporated in an open-source framework to tailor each monitoring approach accordingly to the seasonality of a representative Andean wetland. The application of the method and its results highlight the suitability of using visual spectrum low-cost remote sensing approach to compute wetlands saturation percentage. In addition, the methodology proposed allowed the development of a temporal monitoring scheme, where the viability of each monitoring agent is examined. In order to validate the method, field data and multispectral imagery were employed using as case of study the Pugllohuma wetland located in the Antisana Reserve. Thus, the main contribution of this work lies in establishing a technified monitoring framework for the Ecuadorian high Andean wetlands, which can be scaled up and extrapolated to other wetlands with similar harsh environmental conditions, helping to their management and protection policies decision-making. Elsevier 2022-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8968649/ /pubmed/35368524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09054 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Research Article Valencia, Esteban Changoluisa, Iván Palma, Kevin Cruz, Patricio Valencia, Deyanira Ayala, Paul Hidalgo, Victor Quisi, Diego Jara, Nelson Puga, Diana Wetland monitoring technification for the Ecuadorian Andean region based on a multi-agent framework |
title | Wetland monitoring technification for the Ecuadorian Andean region based on a multi-agent framework |
title_full | Wetland monitoring technification for the Ecuadorian Andean region based on a multi-agent framework |
title_fullStr | Wetland monitoring technification for the Ecuadorian Andean region based on a multi-agent framework |
title_full_unstemmed | Wetland monitoring technification for the Ecuadorian Andean region based on a multi-agent framework |
title_short | Wetland monitoring technification for the Ecuadorian Andean region based on a multi-agent framework |
title_sort | wetland monitoring technification for the ecuadorian andean region based on a multi-agent framework |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8968649/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35368524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09054 |
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