Thermal Detection Surveys
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One of our research specialties is aquatic thermal imaging surveys, using our specialist thermal imaging equipment for species and habitat assessment.
By using thermal imaging we can search for and detect and identify marine mammal and seabird species both day and night, allowing marine mammal and seabird species to be thermally viewed in real time and recorded night and day, providing nocturnal and diurnal occurrence and movements to be detected, recorded and mapped, and behaviour to be observed and recorded. We have successfully conducted thermal survey for seabirds, seals, whales, and dolphins, including detecting and identifying Maui and Hector's dolphins, two of the smallest and rarest dolphins in the world. We can also use aquatic thermal imaging to survey surface water temperatures of water bodies and ice environments, providing a means of monitoring fluctuations in temperature which may affect species and the processes within the water and ice environments. Surveys We can deliver thermal imaging surveys from land, sea and air (aircraft and drone), anywhere in the world. Our powerful FLIR marine system can be deployed and operated from any vessel, shore, cliff or landform, to allow real time thermal detection and identification, as well as thermal video and still capture and later analysis. It can also be fitted to light aircraft to allow longer range aerial surveys. Our smaller lightweight aerial drone thermal camera, provides us with additional UAV drone thermal survey capability. Our thermally equipped drone is able be launched from land and boat, and provides us with a survey platform to deliver surveys over the sea, along beaches and shorelines, the faces of cliffs, over ice, lakes, rivers, forest and land. In the marine environment our two thermal systems, allows us to detect vessels, and monitor or survey seabirds, seals, whales and dolphins both at night and day. Our UAV (drone mounted) thermal imaging camera, also allows us to record the surface temperature of the water and ice over a wide marine area which otherwise may prove difficult to access and achieve. Our UAV system also has the ability to deploy HD live video and thermal imaging capability and recording at the same time. Ocean Life Surveys thermal systems can also be used for terrestrial and freshwater environment surveys, searches and monitoring. Ocean Life Survey has the proven experience, the specialist equipment, methodology, skills, and expertise to plan and deliver both live thermal imaging and detection surveys and operations, as well as post survey thermal analysis identification (species, object, temperature), and reporting. Please contact us to discuss contracting our thermal imaging surveys. Thermal Imaging Species Protection Systems Ocean Life Survey has also been developing designs for vessel based protection systems, to thermally detect and alert a vessel operator, to the presence of marine mammal activity, at night and during the day. These systems are designed and can be tailored to deliver large whale, small dolphin or seal thermal detection and audible alert, to firstly allow vessels to reduce the risk of vessel strike risk, and secondly for seal, dolphin, and seabird detection to alert commercial fishing vessels of their presence, in order to help reduce marine mammal bycatch risk when vessels are actively fishing. Ocean Life Survey can provide specialist advice on custom thermal imaging protection systems, and via arrangement provide systems and training. Please contact us with your enquiry regarding such systems. |
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