Aerial photosieving of exposed gravel bars for the rapid calibration of airborne grain size maps

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 627-639

  Dugdale, Stephen J ^a   Carbonneau, Patrice E ^b   Campbell, David ^a  

^a APEM LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerial photosieving; Fluvial remote sensing; Grain size measurement; Image processing; Image texture

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION DATA; CHARACTERISATION; FIELD CALIBRATION; FIELD-BASED DATA; FLUVIAL REMOTE SENSING; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE MEASUREMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGE TEXTURE; REMOTE AREAS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RIVER CATCHMENT; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA VISUALIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PARTICLE SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL TESTS; TEXTURES;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AIRBORNE SENSING; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; GRAVEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPPING; PARTICLE SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; TEXTURE;

EID: 77952260613     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1936     Document Type: Article

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