Eye in the Sky

Using High-Altitude Balloons for Decision Support in Wildfire Operations

Project name: Using High-Altitude Balloons for Decision Support in Wildfire Operations

Project code: Eye in the Sky

Project timeline: 2020 - 2023

Research group: Intelligent Systems

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Objective

This project aims to design and develop an aerial platform to support communications in emergency situations, while simultaneously providing high-altitude real-time imagery of the fire scenario to ground operational agents.

Project team

Alexandra Moutinho (PI)
José Raul Azinheira
Maria João Sousa
Carlos Henriques

Publications

Tomás Simes, Luís Pádua, Alexandra Moutinho, Wildfire Burnt Area Severity Classification from UAV-Based RGB and Multispectral Imagery, Remote Sensing, 16, 1, 2024
Maria João Sousa, Cooperative Aerial Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Wildfire Detection and Monitoring Systems, Universidade de Lisboa, Jul, 2023
Maria João Sousa, Cooperative Aerial Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Wildfire Detection and Monitoring Systems, Universidade de Lisboa, Jul, 2023
António Peres Nunes, Alexandra Moutinho, J. Raul Azinheira, Flying Wing Wildfire Tracking Using Visual Servoing and Gimbal Control, Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, and Image Processing. ICPR 2022 International Workshops and Challenges , https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-03, Aug, 2023
Guilherme de Melo Antunes, Alexandra Moutinho, J. Raul Azinheira, Georeferencing High-Altitude Aerial Imagery, Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, and Image Processing. ICPR 2022 International Workshops and Challenges , https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-03, Aug, 2023
Guilherme De Melo Antunes (84258), Georeferencing Aerial Imagery, Jun, 2022
António Pedro Peres Ruivo de Matos Nunes, Flying Wing Ground Target Tracking Using Visual Servoing and Gimbal Control, Jun, 2022
Maria João Sousa, Alexandra Moutinho, Miguel Almeida, Decentralized Distribution of UAV Fleets Based on Fuzzy Clustering for Demand-driven Aerial Services, IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Jul, 2020
Maria João Sousa, Alexandra Moutinho, Miguel Almeida, Thermal infrared sensing for near real-time data-driven fire detection and monitoring systems, Sensors, 20, 23, 2020