Geomorphological mapping with a small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS): Feature detection and accuracy assessment of a photogrammetrically-derived digital terrain model

Geomorphology

Volumn 194, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-24

  Hugenholtz, Chris H ^a,b   Whitehead, Ken ^b   Brown, Owen W ^a   Barchyn, Thomas E ^a   Moorman, Brian J ^b   LeClair, Adam ^b   Riddell, Kevin ^a   Hamilton, Tayler ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital terrain model accuracy; High resolution geomorphic mapping; LiDAR; Small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS); Topographic change detection

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SURVEY; DETECTION METHOD; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EOLIAN PROCESS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GPS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIDAR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PRAIRIE; REMOTE SENSING;

CANADA;

EID: 84877817301     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.03.023     Document Type: Article

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