BirdRadar

A novel filtering method to estimate bird densities

Image: Maarten Visser Image: Pluma (CC License)

Some 21,000 bird strikes are recorded every year worldwide, which cost the civil aviation industry around US$1.2 billion per year. Bird strikes have been responsible for the loss of 88 aircraft and have claimed hundreds of lives.

Participating organisations

Netherlands eScience Center
University of Amsterdam
Environment & Sustainability
Environment & Sustainability

Impact

Output

Team

WB
Willem Bouten
Principal investigator
University of Amsterdam
AMD
Adriaan M. Dokter
Co-Applicant
University of Amsterdam
Jurriaan H. Spaaks
Jurriaan H. Spaaks
Senior eScience Research Engineer
Netherlands eScience Center
Lourens Veen
eScience Research Engineer
Netherlands eScience Center
Elena Ranguelova
Elena Ranguelova
eScience Coordinator
Netherlands eScience Center

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