Integration of a magnetometer into a small electric uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV) for airborne geophysics

航空磁测是现代地质调查中探测矿体和其他隐伏地质或人工地物的重要工具。直到最近，有人驾驶飞机才专门用于这些调查。随着先进、低成本无人飞行器（uav）的普及，人们对其补充现有有人驾驶飞机进行这些调查的能力越来越感兴趣。与有人驾驶飞机相比，无人驾驶飞机提供了安全性和效率方面的改进。此外，无人机可以在离地面较低的高度运行，从而提高磁场测量的准确性。尽管一些公司已经开始使用无人机进行磁测量，但仍存在重大挑战。NSERC参与项目的工业合作伙伴已经是地面和飞机磁强计的世界领导者，最近开发了一种用于无人机应用的小型化磁强计。卡尔顿有一个小型（<25公斤）固定翼无人机平台（Corvus），已经发展为机载地球物理和其他应用的测试平台。这个内部平台将为提议的项目提供一个很好的测试平台。学生们将使用从GEM系统借来的磁力计来测量和评估

Airborne magnetic surveys are an important tool for modern geological surveys to detect ore-bodies and other buried geological or artificial features of interest. Until recently, manned aircraft were used exclusively for these surveys. The proliferation of advanced, low cost uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs) has led to growing interest in their ability to complement existing manned aircraft for these surveys. Uninhabited aircraft offer safety and efficiency improvements over manned aircraft. Additionally, UAVs can operate at lower heights above the ground - improving the accuracy of the magnetic field measurements. Although some companies are already offering magnetic surveys using UAVs there are significant challenges. The industrial partner in this proposed NSERC Engage project is already an established world leader in ground- and aircraft-based magnetometers and has recently developed a miniaturized magnetometer for UAV applications. Carleton has a small (<25 kg) fixed wing UAV platform (Corvus) which has been developed as a test bed for airborne geophysics and other applications. This in-house platform will provide an excellent test bed for the proposed project. Using magnetometers loaned from GEM Systems, the students will measure and assess the sources of