Ndị agadi Virginia Tech atọ nyochara etu drones nwere ike isi mata mmiri ala maka ọrụ klaasị na nkuzi nke Plant and Environmental Sciences Prọfesọ Kang Xia's Monitoring and Analysis of Environment course.
Matt Darrah, Grady Hesse, na Ryan Humphry nke ụlọ ọrụ ahụ Ụlọ akwụkwọ nke osisi na sayensị gburugburu ebe obibi ewebatara na ọrụ ugbo nkenke dị ka omume njikwa ebe a na-eziga ngwaọrụ nyocha kwụụrụ onwe ya ka ọ na-anakọta ihe atụ ala na ala iji chọpụta ebe niile chọrọ nri mgbakwunye.
Hesse, nke Berryville, Virginia, onye gụsịrị akwụkwọ na sayensị gburugburu ebe obibi kwuru, "Anyị hụrụ na e nwere ọrụ a rụrụ n'oge gara aga na drones iji lelee ọdịiche dị na ahịhịa ndụ, mana anyị ahụghị ihe ọ bụla gbasara ịkọ ọkwa mmiri ala na ihe dị n'ime ala." .
Ha nọ na-eche ma ọ bụrụ na ọ ga-eji drone mee nke a.
"Nke ahụ nwere ike ịbụ ihe mgbawa," Darrah, nke Las Vegas, Nevada, na onye gụsịrị akwụkwọ na sayensị gburugburu ebe obibi kwuru. "N'elu ya dị mma iji efe drones, anyị chere na anyị nwere ike ikere òkè na nyocha mgbanwe mgbanwe dị ka ndị na-agụsị akwụkwọ."
Ọmụmụ ihe ahụ nyochara data Index Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI) na Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data, ihe nleba anya abụọ maka ala, anakọtara site na drones iji chọpụta oke mmiri nke ala na-adịghị.
Ọrụ mmụta nnwale a mechara gbakọta ọzụzụ dị iche iche na College of Agriculture na Life Sciences. Ngalaba na-etinye aka na mmemme ụmụ akwụkwọ gụnyere Song Li, onye ọkachamara na-arụkọ ọrụ na Ụlọ Akwụkwọ nke Plant and Environmental Sciences bụ ọkachamara na genomics dị elu na teknụzụ sensọ, Sanaz Shafian, onye osote prọfesọ na School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Shawn Jadrnicek, na onye njikwa ugbo nke Virginia Tech's Homefield Farm, na Xia. Li, Shafian, na Xia so na ngalaba ngalaba Center for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture.
Ugbo Homefield, mmekorita dị n'etiti Ọrụ iri nri na kọleji nke Agriculture na Life Sciences yana naanị otu ụlọ akwụkwọ mahadum nwere asambodo na Virginia bụ saịtị nyocha ụmụ akwụkwọ ahụ. Ugbo acre isii, nke ụmụ akwụkwọ na-agba dị kilomita asatọ n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ nke ụlọ akwụkwọ Blacksburg ma na-enye ihe dị ka kilogram 50,000 nke ihe ọhụrụ na ebe iri nri na ebe ugbo Homefield na-eguzo na campus. Ugbo a bụ akụkụ nke Virginia Tech's Ọrụ Ugbo College, nke gụnyekwara Ugbo Kentland.
"Site n'enyemaka niile nke ngalaba na ndị ọrụ metụtara, o mere ka nke a bụrụ ọrụ nyocha bara uru nye anyị," Darrah kwuru.
Ụmụ akwụkwọ ahụ kpebisiri ike na a ga-achọkwu ọrụ n'ihu a, karịsịa mmepe nke indices kwesịrị ekwesị maka njirimara ala, gụnyere mmiri ala. Ndị atọ ahụ chọpụtara na njikọ dị n'etiti usoro data NDVI ha na SAVI abụghị ihe na-enweghị isi na ọ siri ike maka ojiji a pụrụ ịdabere na ya.
Na ngwụcha semester ahụ, otu ahụ - yana ụmụ akwụkwọ ndị ọzọ nọ na nkuzi a - kesara nsonaazụ na nchoputa ndị a site na Zoom. Ndị otu ahụ tụlere onyonyo ikuku ha, ka ha siri jikọta nsonaazụ ya na ihe ndị ọzọ.
Humphry, onye Yorktown, Virginia, onye gụsịrị akwụkwọ na sayensị gburugburu ebe obibi kwuru, sị: “Ihe kacha amasị m n'ọrụ ahụ bụ mgbe anyị hụrụ ihe anyị rụpụtara. Anyị hụrụ na anyị nwere ike ịbụ ndị ziri ezi n'akụkụ ụfọdụ na ndị ọzọ na-ezighị ezi. Mana echere m na ọ bụ ihe na-atọ ụtọ ịhụ ihe anyị nwere ike ịrụzu n'otu semester n'oge ọrịa na-efe efe. "
- Max Esterhuizen, Mahadum Teknụzụ Virginia
Matt Darrah, Grady Hesse, na Ryan Humphry na-akwado ịfe ụgbọelu na Homefield Farm iji tụọ iru mmiri. Foto: Site n'ikike nke Darrah, Hesse na Humphry