An enhanced and expanded Toolbox for River Velocimetry using Images from Aircraft (TRiVIA)

CJ Legleiter, PJ Kinzel - River Research and Applications, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Detailed, accurate information on flow patterns in river channels can improve understanding
of habitat conditions, geomorphic processes, and potential hazards to help inform water …

Reach-Scale Mapping of Surface Flow Velocities from Thermal Images Acquired by an Uncrewed Aircraft System along the Sacramento River, California, USA

PJ Kinzel, CJ Legleiter, CL Gazoorian - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
An innovative payload containing a sensitive mid-wave infrared camera was flown on an
uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) to acquire thermal imagery along a reach of the Sacramento …

Quantifying and reducing the operator effect in LSPIV discharge measurements

G Bodart, J Le Coz, M Jodeau… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Operator choices, both in acquiring the video and data and in processing them, can be a
prominent source of error in image‐based velocimetry methods applied to river discharge …

[HTML][HTML] A simplified method for estimating the alpha coefficient in surface velocity based river discharge measurements

D Pumo, F Alongi, C Nasello, LV Noto - Journal of Hydrology, 2025 - Elsevier
Remote sensing techniques for river monitoring facilitate faster measurement campaigns
compared to traditional methods, reduce risks to personnel and instruments, and allow …

Enhancement of two‐dimensional hydrodynamic modelling based on UAV‐flow velocity data

F Wolff, E Lotsari, D Spieler, M Elias… - … Surface Processes and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D hydrodynamic models deepen the understanding of hydromorphological
processes in fluvial systems. UAV (Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles) can record complementary …

A two‐dimensional, reach‐scale implementation of space‐time image velocimetry (STIV) and comparison to particle image velocimetry (PIV)

CJ Legleiter, PJ Kinzel, FL Engel… - Earth Surface …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Image‐based algorithms have become a powerful tool for estimating flow velocities in rivers.
In this study, we generalize the space‐time image velocimetry (STIV) framework for reach …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping River Flow from Thermal Images in Approximately Real Time: Proof of Concept on the Sacramento River, California, USA

CJ Legleiter, PJ Kinzel, M Dille, M Vespignani… - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Image velocimetry has become an effective method of mapping flow conditions in rivers, but
this analysis is typically performed in a post-processing mode after data collection is …

[HTML][HTML] The streamgauging ruler: A low-cost, low-tech, alternative discharge measurement technique

J Le Coz, M Lagouy, F Pernot, A Buffet, C Berni - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
The streamgauging ruler, aka transparent velocity-head rod, is an inexpensive, easy, and
quick tool for conducting wading discharge measurements in open-channel flows. It …

Velocity Distributions in Open Channels and the Calculation of Discharge

JD Fenton - Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 2025 - ascelibrary.org
The accurate representation and integration of velocity measurements in open channels is
important in irrigation and river engineering. The traditional approach for velocity is to use an …

SSIMS-Flow: Image velocimetry workbench for open-channel flow rate estimation

R Ljubičić, SF Dal Sasso, B Zindović - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2024 - Elsevier
Image-based hydrological measurement techniques have surged in popularity over the last
decade, with the most common type of data obtained being the open-channel surface …