Experimental observation and assessment of ice conditions with a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle over Yellow River, China

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lin, Jiayuan ^a   Shu, Li ^b   Zuo, Hang ^b   Zhang, Baosen ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YELLOW RIVER INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle; ice conditions; ice jam; remote sensing; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COSTS; FIXED WINGS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AERIAL REMOTE SENSING; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; ICE CONDITIONS; ICE JAMS; IMAGE PREPROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW RIVER , CHINA;

ICE;

EID: 84892145260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.6.063586     Document Type: Article

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