{"id":59,"date":"2026-10-16T12:50:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aerolab.ibe.cnr.it\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2026-10-16T12:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:50:31","slug":"welcome-to-aerolab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aerolab.ibe.cnr.it\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to AEROLAB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AEROLAB is the airborne remote sensing laboratory of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibe.cnr.it\/en\/\">CNR Institute of BioEconomy (CNR-IBE)<\/a>. Built around unmanned aerial vehicles and hyperspectral sensors, it brings laboratory-grade spectral measurements to the field, at the scale of individual plants, plots and landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is AEROLAB?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the core AEROLAB assets is a T-Motor MX860 UAV equipped with a Headwall Co-Aligned VNIR-SWIR hyperspectral imager. The sensor records continuous spectra across the visible, near-infrared and shortwave-infrared regions (450-2500 nm) for every pixel of an image, capturing information that conventional cameras cannot see. The sensor is also equipped with a LiDAR in order to generate digital terrain models that help in more accurate geo-referencing of the acquired datasets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is it used for?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AEROLAB is deployed within a range of research projects, with a focus on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ecosystem science:<\/strong> observing vegetation and ecosystem properties with high spatial detail and on demand, filling the gap between ground measurements and satellite observations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Crop science:<\/strong> monitoring crops across fields and growing seasons, supporting research on plant status and agricultural management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flexible deployment means flights can be timed to the phenomenon under study rather than to a satellite overpass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn more<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explore the site to explore AEROLAB activities and papers. To discuss a collaboration or a new project, get in touch at <strong>federico.carotenuto@cnr.it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AEROLAB is the airborne remote sensing laboratory of the CNR Institute of BioEconomy (CNR-IBE). Built around unmanned aerial vehicles and hyperspectral sensors, it brings laboratory-grade spectral measurements to the field, at the scale of individual plants, plots and landscapes. What is AEROLAB? One of the core AEROLAB assets is a T-Motor MX860 UAV equipped with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aerolab.ibe.cnr.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aerolab.ibe.cnr.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aerolab.ibe.cnr.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aerolab.ibe.cnr.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aerolab.ibe.cnr.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aerolab.ibe.cnr.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60,"href":"https:\/\/aerolab.ibe.cnr.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aerolab.ibe.cnr.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}