Quantifying streambank movement and topography using unmanned aircraft system photogrammetry with comparison to terrestrial laser scanning

River Research and Applications

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1354-1367

  Hamshaw, Scott D ^a   Bryce, Thomas ^a   Rizzo, Donna M ^a   O'Neil Dunne, Jarlath ^b   Frolik, Jeff ^a   Dewoolkar, Mandar M ^a  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

channel change; fluvial studies; photogrammetry; streambank erosion; terrestrial laser scanning (TLS); unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; LASER METHOD; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; STREAM; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 85026432567     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.3183     Document Type: Article

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