Why walk when you can fly?

Measuring pasture yield remotely

PhD Candidate: Gustavo T Alckmin

Australian Dairy
Why walk when you can
fly?
Background Areas of Expertise

Research Goal

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The Dilemma of Measuring
Pasture Growth
 Current Market Standards

Rising Plate Meters C-Dax Pasture Meter Satellite Yield Models

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 What is Remote Altitude
Sensing? 700 km

Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object

or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object
0.12 to
0.030 km.

Drones are an ideal platform

0.001 km
to fulfil an observational gap.
 Research Question # 1

Assess the accuracy of current methods (Plate Meter and C-Dax)

and proposed hyper/multispectral sensors .

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Rising Plate Meters C-Dax Pasture Meter Hyperspectral Sensor

 Research Question # 2 &
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#2 #3

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Multispectral
4 bands

Hyperspectral
25 bands

What can we observe (#2) and what is the minimum spec of the
sensors (#3) needed
 Research Question # 4

Develop a protocol and integrate sensors in order to provide

farmers with a cost-effective sensing solution.
The candidate acknowledges and is grateful for the valuable operational funding provided by Dairy Australia and the
instrument provided by ASDInc. (Goetz Program).
Furthermore, the Author is deeply thankful for the financial support provided by the Australian Dairy Conference.
This PhD is funded and part of the Dairy on PAR program - Thanks!

Furthermore, the candidate is grateful for the opportunity provided by the team of supervisors, colleagues and staff at
UTas and TIA; without which, this research effort would be impossible.

Shoot an email to Gustavo Alckmin:

gustavo.alckmin@utas.edu.au
 Would you like to learn more?

I look forward to having the opportunity of

meeting you at my display

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Rising Plate Meters C-Dax Pasture Meter Hyperspectral Sensor