Harmonic Radar Systems for Insect Tracking

用于昆虫跟踪的谐波雷达系统

• 批准号: RGPIN-2016-04150
• 负责人: Colpitts, Bruce
• 金额: $ 2.26万
• 依托单位: University of New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=637635
• 关键词: Harmonic; Radar; Systems; Insect; Tracking

Insect tracking through the use of harmonic radar is a challenging engineering problem yielding previously unavailable behavioral information from insects. The urgency in understanding insects is driven by the need for greater food production while at the same time coping with invasive species enabled by climate change. Colony collapse disorder in honeybees is one very familiar crisis driving this work. Canada will benefit from tracking of the corn rootworm, Colorado potato beetle, and honeybee by protecting our agriculture industry while at the same time producing highly skilled radio engineers. Radio tracking of mammals and birds is commonplace providing a wealth of information on their movements. Insects are generally not capable of carrying conventional radio transmitters and thus an alternative tracking means is required. This is where harmonic radar plays an important role by moving the complexity and mass of the radio system to the human operator end leaving the simplest and lowest mass radio tag at the other, insect, end.

通过使用谐波雷达的昆虫跟踪是一个具有挑战性的工程问题，产生以前无法获得的昆虫行为信息。了解昆虫的紧迫性是由于需要增加粮食产量，同时应对气候变化带来的入侵物种。蜜蜂的群体崩溃障碍是推动这项工作的一个非常熟悉的危机。加拿大将受益于跟踪玉米根虫，科罗拉多马铃薯甲虫，蜜蜂通过保护我们的农业产业，同时产生高技能的无线电工程师。对哺乳动物和鸟类的无线电跟踪是很常见的，它提供了大量关于它们运动的信息。昆虫通常不能携带传统的无线电发射器，因此需要替代的跟踪手段。这就是谐波雷达发挥重要作用的地方，它将无线电系统的复杂性和质量转移到人类操作员端，将最简单和最低质量的无线电标签留在另一端，昆虫端。