Application of Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry to river restoration

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 503-515

  Marteau, Baptiste ^a   Vericat, Damià ^b,c   Gibbins, Chris ^a   Batalla, Ramon J ^b,d   Green, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

digital elevation models; geomorphic change; high resolution topography; photogrammetry; river restoration; structure from motion; UAV

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; EXTRACTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RIVERS; ROCK MECHANICS; SURVEYING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHIC CHANGE; HIGH RESOLUTION; RIVER RESTORATION; STRUCTURE FROM MOTION;

RESTORATION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODELING; ORTHOPHOTO; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RIVER CHANNEL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85008506903     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.4086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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