Automated identification of river hydromorphological features using UAV high resolution aerial imagery

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 27969-27989

  Casado, Monica Rivas ^a   Gonzalez, Rocio Ballesteros ^b   Kriechbaumer, Thomas ^a   Veal, Amanda ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Feature recognition; Hydromorphology; Photogrammetry; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RIVERS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WATER QUALITY;

AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION; AUTOMATED RECOGNITION; CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE; FEATURE RECOGNITION; HIGH RESOLUTION AERIAL IMAGERY; HYDROMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE PATTERN RECOGNITION; PATTERN RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84946559015     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s151127969     Document Type: Article

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