Aerial ‘OktoKopter’ to map Antarctic moss

Arko Lucieer, University of Tasmania
Sharon A. Robinson, University of Wollongong
Dana Bergstrom, Australian Antarctic Division

Abstract

Polar regions are experiencing rapid and severe climatic shifts with major changes in temperature, wind speed and UV-B radiation already observed in Antarctica. As climatic records only extend back 50 years, we urgently need new proxies to determine if coastal climate has changed over the past century.