The Accuracy and Reliability of Traditional Surface Flow Type Mapping: Is it Time for a New Method of Characterizing Physical River Habitat?

River Research and Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1902-1914

  Woodget, A S ^a   Visser, F ^a   Maddock, I P ^a   Carbonneau, P E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hydraulic habitat; remote sensing; river; small unmanned aerial system; structure from motion; sUAS; surface flow type

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; HYDRAULICS; MAPPING; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

ARROW RIVER; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WARWICKSHIRE;

EID: 84978288792     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.3047     Document Type: Article

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