Usability of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS), called also unmanned aerial systems/vehicles UAS/UAV), is a hot topic in environmental sciences. Our research group is equipped with SenseFly eBee (fullHD RGB camera, multispectral camera Airinov multispecC, thermal camera senseFly thermoMAP), multicopter Robodrone Kingfisher (fullHD RGB camera, multispectral camera Tetracam µMCA 6), RTK GNSS recievers Leica and wide collection of software (Postflight Terra 3D, Pix4D, Agisoft Photoscan, Exelis ENVI nebo ESRI ArcGIS, Leica GeoOffice etc.). We are focused especially on:

• Fusion of multispectral data and structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry for detailed habitat mapping - possibilities and limits
• Possibilities of detection of animals occurrence using RPAS thermal mapping
• Monitoring stress in vegetation using multispectral and thermal sensors (urban greenery, farmland, forests, wetlands)
• Early detection of the Bark Beetle infestation and study of its spatial dynamics
• Efficiency assessment of controlled traffic farming using RPAS
• Precision of RPAS  vs Lidar based canopy height models
• Fusion on LiDAr and RPAS borne multispectral data to asssess physiographic diversity of post-mining sites
• Point cloud processing and classification for high resolution DTMs extraction
• SfM workflow to capture bare-earth
• Effect of lens types and distortions on SfM outputs quality
• Investigation of vegetation dynamics and coastal dune topography dynamics as mutually interacting processes
• Assessing environmental threats through remote sensing: effects of beach litter grooming on coastal physiography
• Bottlenecks of RPAS applicability in environmental studies