Testing the use of an image-based technique to measure gully erosion at Sparacia experimental area

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 573-585

  Di Stefano, Costanza ^a   Ferro, Vito ^a   Palmeri, Vincenzo ^a   Pampalone, Vincenzo ^a   Agnello, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

DEM; ephemeral gully erosion; image based ground measurement technique; structure from motion (SfM)

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LANDFORMS; PROFILOMETRY; SURVEYS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; EPHEMERAL GULLY EROSIONS; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; IMAGE-BASED TECHNIQUES; STRUCTURE FROM MOTION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

SURVEYING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; GULLY EROSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 85006073432     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11048     Document Type: Article

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