Combining UAV and high-resolution image-based particle image velocimetry to monitor flow in lakes and rivers

Gianluca Blois1, Jim Best2, Kenneth T Christensen3, Andrew B Kennedy1, Aaron Sheffield Donahue4, Naira Hovakimyan5, Venanzio Cichella5 and Ishaan Pakrasi5, (1)University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States, (2)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Departments of Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Champaign, United States, (3)University of Notre Dame, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Notre Dame, IN, United States, (4)University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, United States, (5)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Mechanical Science and Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States