This reporting format provides metadata requirements and format guidelines for uploading data from small (≤ 25 kg) Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UASs) to the ESS-DIVE archive. This includes basic recording of core flight data (e.g. telemetry), when available, and primary flight metadata (e.g. flight location, flight paths, altitude, date, start/end time), basic UAS payload and instrumentation information (e.g. camera make and model), and the general data product and file metadata needed for interpreting and accessing derived UAS datasets (e.g. pixel resolution, spatial reference system). Templates are provided to enable rapid compilation of metadata. Data products are classfied into processing levels, and recommendations are given for file naming.
See the Instructions for how to use the format. Parts 1-4 provide guidance and templates for metadata associated with the campaign, platform, flights and sensors. Part 5 describes examples of UAS data products classified as product Levels depending on the degree of processing.
Comments, questions and suggestions for improvement of this reporting format and documentation may be made by opening an Issue. We also encourage contributors to make use of the Discussions.
Ely KS; Yang D; Serbin SP (2023). ESS-DIVE Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) Reporting Format v1. Environmental Systems Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE), ESS-DIVE repository. Dataset. doi:10.15485/2204420
Data packages using development versions of this reporting format are available for public access.
Shawn Serbin, Dedi Yang, Andrew McMahon. 2021. Landscape-scale Characterization of Arctic Tundra Vegetation Composition, Structure, and Function with a Multi-sensor Unoccupied Aerial System: Supporting Data. Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments Arctic Data Collection, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.5440/1778212.
Dedi Yang, Wouter Hanston, Daniel Hayes, Shawn Serbin. 2022. UAS remote sensing (DJI Phantom 4 RTK platform): RGB orthomosaic, digital surface and canopy height models, plant functional type map, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 2019. Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments Arctic Data Collection, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.5440/1906348.
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Funding for the development of the ESS-DIVE Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) Reporting Format was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Climate and Environmental Science Division, Data Management program under contract number DE-AC02-05CH11231.
We would like to acknowledge the following people for their contributions to the content and structure of this reporting format: Christian G. Andresen, Yose Angel, Adam Collins, Brett Feddersen, Sean Freeman, Peng Fu, Brian Greene, Wouter Hanston, Mark J. Lara, David LeBauer, Trina Merrick, Emily Robles, Alexey Shiklomanov, Matthias Siewert, Charaluka Varadharajan and Jin Wu.