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Abstract

A method to perform measurements of a field is disclosed. The method includes disposing a landing dock at a target location in the field, the landing dock being coupled to a fiber optic cable for distributed fiber-optic sensing measurement, directing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to land on the landing dock, the UAV including an interrogator unit, communicatively coupling, in response to the UAV landing on the landing dock, the interrogator unit and the fiber optic cable, sending, by the interrogator unit, a light pulse to the fiber optic cable, receiving, by the interrogator unit and in response to sending the light pulse, a backscattered light signal from the fiber optic cable, and generating, by the interrogator unit and based on the received backscattered light signal, a measurement of the target location.

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First Claim