Employing unmanned aircraft system (UAS)-based global navigation satellite system reflectometry (GNNSS-R) technology with ancillary sensors (Multispectral Camera, LiDAR) for soil moisture (SM) estimation over selected field area: data collection and result analysis from field campaign.
Investigation of machine learning (ML)-based techniques for crop yield estimation of corn and cotton using multi-sensor (Multispectral Camera, LiDAR, SM Probe, Weather Station) data: Analyzing optimum feature selection and complete processing sequence.
Machine Learning (ML)-based automatic weed detection from video data captured from an RGB camera mounted on a UAS platform: Through crop line detection, vegetation and weed labeling, and weed detection by a learning algorithm.
Developing a customized and comprehensive data and analysis portal automatically integrating all relevant information for satellite-based remote sensing and agricultural research analysis around the Mississippi River basin area.
Specific tasks of agricultural production modeling through climate variables, geospatial analysis, and cropland data layer masking utilizing data extracted from satellites and USDA through advanced computing.
Implementing a signal of opportunity (SoOp) receiver system from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) platform through the MUOS military satellite signals in the P-band frequency region for the estimation of root-zone soil moisture (RZSM).
Passive microwave remote sensing through cost-effective, portable L-band microwave (dual-polarized) radiometer capable of operating from an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) platform to measure high-resolution surface brightness temperature.