Subaerial gravel size measurement using topographic data derived from a UAV-SfM approach

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1434-1443

  Woodget, Amy S ^a   Austrums, Robbie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

grain size; image texture; point cloud roughness; structure from motion photogrammetry; UAV

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRAVEL; REMOTE SENSING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; GRAIN SIZE; HYPERSPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; POINT CLOUD; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; STRUCTURE FROM MOTION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

IMAGE TEXTURE;

EID: 85016642526     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.4139     Document Type: Letter

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