Automated extraction of grain-size data from gravel surfaces using digital image processing

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 519-529

  Butler, Justin B ^a   Lane, Stuart N ^b   Chandler, Jim H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grain size analysis; Gravel bed rivers; Hydraulics; Image processing; Photogrammetry

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC TESTING; AUTOMATION; EDGE DETECTION; GRAVEL; IMAGE PROCESSING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; WATERSHEDS; PHOTOGRAPHY;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEM); GRAVEL-BED RIVERS;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

BINARY IMAGES; DIGITAL ELEVATION METHOD (DEM);

EID: 0035177919     PISSN: 00221686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2001.9628276     Document Type: Article

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