Water resource management at catchment scales using lightweight uavs: Current capabilities and future perspectives

Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-30

  Debell, L ^a   Anderson, K ^a   Brazier, R E ^a   King, N ^b   Jones, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b QuestUAV   (United Kingdom)

^c South West Water ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment; Drone; Environmental monitoring; Hydrology; Spatial; Temporal; UAV; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CATCHMENTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA HANDLING; DECISION MAKING; INFRARED IMAGING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

DIFFERENTIAL GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS; FINE-SCALE STRUCTURES; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; POSITIONAL ACCURACY; SPATIALLY HETEROGENEOUS DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 85101151649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22913467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/juvs-2015-0026     Document Type: Review

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