UAV-based remote sensing of the Super-Sauze landslide: Evaluation and results

Engineering Geology

Volumn 128, Issue , 2012, Pages 2-11

  Niethammer, U ^a   James, M R ^b   Rothmund, S ^a   Travelletti, J ^c   Joswig, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

DTM; Fissures; Landslide; Remote sensing; TLS; UAV

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; DTM; FISSURES; GEOREFERENCING; GROUND RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; PROCESSING APPROACH; TLS;

DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDSLIDES; REMOTE SENSING;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AIRBORNE SENSING; BEDROCK; DEFORMATION; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; DISPLACEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING METHOD; LANDSLIDE; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; TOPOGRAPHY; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

FRANCE;

EID: 84857445904     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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