LIGHTWEIGHT PLATFORM FOR REMOTE SENSING OF POINT SOURCE MIXING AND SYSTEM FOR MIXING MODEL VALIDATION AND CALIBRATION

An aerial remote sensing platform remotely collects information including environmental monitoring data. The aerial remote sensing platform includes a camera, a microcontroller, and sensors. A ground base station communicates with the aerial remote sensing platform. The microcontroller monitors a pitch, a yaw, and a roll of the aerial remote sensing platform and automatically adjusts a pan and a tilt of a camera accordingly, thereby locking on a region of interest for the capture and processing of visible light and thermographic images of mixing from point source pollutant discharges. The aerial remote sensing platform auto adjustment occurs responsive to the microcontroller, which processes a variety of feedback loop information gathered by the sensors. A viewer is configured to display an analysis of the collected information including visible light and thermographic images. The analysis provided is used to validate a CORMIX simulation model for point source mixing.