TABLE 3.
Field test methods for UASS spray drift evaluation in the literature.
| UASS sprayer | Fluorescence tracer | Testing method (Sampling location) | Material | References |
| Z-3 | Rhodamine-B | Sediment (2–100 m) and Airborne (2, 50 m) | polyester card (ϕ = 90 mm) and polyester fiber (ϕ = 1 mm) |
Xinyu et al., 2014 |
| Yamaha R-MAX II | / | Sediment (7.5–48 m) and Airborne | Deposition sheet (40 * 25 cm) and SKC AirCheck HV30 sample pump | Brown and Giles, 2018 |
| 3WQF120-12 | Brillant sulfoflavin dye (BSF) | Sediment (1–20 m) and Airborne (5,10,20 m) | Petri dishes and rotary impactors | Wang X. et al., 2018 |
| 3WQF80-10 | BSF | Airborne drift | A cuboid aluminum sampling frame (5 m × 5 m × 2 m) | Wang X. et al., 2018 |
| X-4 | Tartrazine solution |
Sediment and Airborne (5,10 m) | filter paper and water sensitive paper | Li J. et al., 2018 |
| 3QF120-12 | Rhodamine-B | Sediment (1–50 m) and Airborne (10,25,50 m) | mylar card (10 × 8 cm), monofilament line (Ø = 0.45 mm) | Wang X. et al., 2018 |
| MG-1S | Allure red | Sediment drift (0.5–12.5 m) | Mylar cards | Chen et al., 2020a,b; Chen S. et al., 2020 |
| P20 (XAG) | Rhodamine-B | Sediment (2–50 m) and Airborne (2,12 m) | mylar plate (5 × 8 cm2) and monofilament line (φ = 0.6 mm) | Wang et al., 2020 |
| 3WQF120-12, 3WM6E-10, 3WM8A-20 | Pyranine | Sediment (2 m) and Airborne (2–20 m) | Petri dishes, rectangle collection frames with polyethylene tubes (5.5 × 2.0 m), rotary samplers | Wang et al., 2021 |