Estimación de fosfatos en cuerpos de agua mediante drones en la provincia de Pichincha

Abstract

The water source of life, known worldwide as a universal solvent since it can incorporate a large amount of substances and materials into its structure thanks to its ability to move across various surfaces. As is the case of groundwater that gives rise to hot springs through hydrostatic pressure and various faults and fractures that exist on the earth's surface. Through runoff and filtration, groundwater captures minerals and ions, such as the phosphate ion; which is found in the ecosystem in a natural way and can increase its concentration when the groundwater comes into contact with various anthropic factors. This work focuses on the study of the incidence of phosphate concentrations in hot springs in the Ilaló Volcano in Ecuador country, introducing the remote sensing technique that will allow us to know, through the use of the Matrix 600 pro drone and the Zenmuse XT2 thermal camera, the temperature of the pools of the complexes: Ilaló, La Merced, El Tingo, Rumiloma. To know the concentration of phosphates in these pools, the spectrophotometry technique will be used by means of the Hanna photometer and its colorimetric kit. Once the laboratory parameters have been obtained, he will perform three linear regression models applying diagnostic tests to observe the relationship between the parameters performing a validation with Machine Learning that will allow us to ensure that the linear regression model is suitable for the research topic and that thanks Remote sensing with the thermal camera obtained optimal data to generate quality results.