Deployment of an unmanned aerial system to assist in mapping an intermittent stream

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 493-500

  Spence, C ^a   Mengistu, S ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrological connectivity; Streamflow; Unmanned aerial system

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITES; STREAM FLOW; TRACKING (POSITION); UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AIRBORNE PLATFORMS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; INTERMITTENT STREAMS; LARGE-SCALE SATELLITES; SATELLITE PLATFORMS; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

GPS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAPPING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STREAMFLOW; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 84956788946     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10597     Document Type: Article

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