Flow measurements in sewers based on image analysis: Automatic flow velocity algorithm

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1108-1114

  Jeanbourquin, D ^a   Sage, D ^a   Nguyen, L ^a   Schaeli, B ^a   Kayal, S ^a   Barry, D A ^a   Rossi, L ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Combined sewer overflow; Flow measurement; Homography; Image processing; Video monitoring; Water level measurement

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC FLOW; COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; HOMOGRAPHIES; HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR; HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS; IMAGE-BASED; IMAGE-PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; IN-SITU; RAIN EVENTS; STORMWATERS; SURFACE FEATURE; THREE-TIER SYSTEMS; VELOCITY ALGORITHMS; VIDEO IMAGE; VIDEO MONITORING; WATER FLOWS; WATER VELOCITIES; WORLD COORDINATES;

ALGORITHMS; COMBINED SEWERS; FLOW VELOCITY; FLOWMETERS; HYDRAULICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MONITORING; USER INTERFACES; VELOCITY; WATER LEVELS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

STORM WATER;

ALGORITHM; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PROBE; SEWER NETWORK; WATER LEVEL;

ARTICLE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; SEWER; WATER FLOW;

ALGORITHMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 80052725688     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.176     Document Type: Article

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