How Airborne Electromagnetic (AEM) Surveys Work - Helicopter

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

This animation shows how Airborne Electromagnetic Surveys Work, when conducted by a rotary wing (helicopter) aircraft. It is part of a series of Field Activity Technique Engagement Animations. The target audience are the communities that are impacted by our data acquisition activities. There is no sound or voice over. The 2D animation includes a simplified view of what AEM equipment looks like, what the equipment measures and how the survey works.

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Title How Airborne Electromagnetic (AEM) Surveys Work - Helicopter
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/d2df1e13-7c91-4df7-ae20-797f2a7435fc
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 08/04/2019
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Geoscience Australia

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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "How Airborne Electromagnetic (AEM) Surveys Work - Helicopter". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/how-airborne-electromagnetic-aem-surveys-work-helicopter