Unmanned aerial vehicles in hydrology and water management: Applications, challenges, and perspectives

BS Acharya, M Bhandari, F Bandini… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrologic sciences and water resources management have long depended on a
combination of in situ measurements and remotely sensed data for research and regulatory …

Uncrewed aerial systems in water resource management and monitoring: a review of sensors, applications, software, and issues

V Mishra, R Avtar, AP Prathiba… - Advances in Civil …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) are becoming very popular in the domain of water
resource mapping and management (WRMM). Being a cheaper and quicker option capable …

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for engineering geology applications

D Giordan, MS Adams, I Aicardi, M Alicandro… - Bulletin of Engineering …, 2020 - Springer
This paper represents the result of the IAEG C35 Commission “Monitoring methods and
approaches in engineering geology applications” workgroup aimed to describe a general …

UAV-DEMs for small-scale flood hazard mapping

A Annis, F Nardi, A Petroselli, C Apollonio… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Devastating floods are observed every year globally from upstream mountainous to coastal
regions. Increasing flood frequency and impacts affect both major rivers and their tributaries …

Computer vision and IoT-based sensors in flood monitoring and mapping: A systematic review

B Arshad, R Ogie, J Barthelemy, B Pradhan… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Floods are amongst the most common and devastating of all natural hazards. The alarming
number of flood-related deaths and financial losses suffered annually across the world call …

An integrated approach of flash flood analysis in ungauged Mediterranean watersheds using post‐flood surveys and unmanned aerial vehicles

A Kastridis, C Kirkenidis… - Hydrological Processes, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study analyzes the flash flood event of two ungauged ephemeral streams in Olympiada
region (Chalkidiki, North Greece), which occurred at the 21–22 of November 2019. Aim of …

Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) observations of water surface elevation in a small stream: Comparison of radar altimetry, LIDAR and photogrammetry techniques

F Bandini, TP Sunding, J Linde, O Smith… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Water Surface Elevation (WSE) is an important hydrometric observation, useful to
calibrate hydrological models, predict floods, and assess climate change. However, the …

Fluvial and aquatic applications of Structure from Motion photogrammetry and unmanned aerial vehicle/drone technology

JL Carrivick, MW Smith - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Structure from motion (SfM) has seen rapid uptake recently in the fluvial and aquatic
sciences. This uptake is not least due to the widespread availability of cheap unmanned …

Deep learning semantic segmentation for water level estimation using surveillance camera

NA Muhadi, AF Abdullah, SK Bejo, MR Mahadi… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The interest in visual-based surveillance systems, especially in natural disaster applications,
such as flood detection and monitoring, has increased due to the blooming of surveillance …

DEM generation from fixed-wing UAV imaging and LiDAR-derived ground control points for flood estimations

JR Escobar Villanueva, L Iglesias Martinez… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Geospatial products, such as digital elevation models (DEMs), are important topographic
tools for tackling local flood studies. This study investigates the contribution of LiDAR …