EP34B:
Remote Sensing of Rivers: Observations Across Scales I

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Session ID#: 35451

Session Description:
The study of rivers has undergone a methodological revolution through remote sensing and novel in-situ measurement techniques making it possible to study the morphology and ecology of river systems at broad ranges of spatial and temporal scales. At local scales, ground-based and airborne tools are allowing unprecedented analysis of fine detail and at the global scale, decades of satellite imagery is facilitating new comprehension of large-scale variability in river systems. The application of remote sensing to river systems is already generating detailed understanding of the links between fluvial processes and ecosystems dynamics. This session will be a forum to discuss the remote sensing of rivers, addressing methodological advances, innovative applications in fluvial environments, new instrumentation (including in-situ measurements), or ways remote sensing can enhance our conceptual and theoretical understanding of rivers. We are particularly interested in abstracts that highlight the use of remote sensing across multiple spatial and/or temporal scales.
Primary Convener:  James T. Dietrich, Ph.D., University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, United States
Conveners:  Stephen Dugdale, University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom and Amy Woodget, University of Worcester, Worcester, United Kingdom
Chairs:  James T. Dietrich, Ph.D., University of Northern Iowa, Geography, Cedar Falls, United States and Amy Woodget, University of Worcester, Worcester, United Kingdom
OSPA Liaison:  Stephen Dugdale, University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • H - Hydrology
Index Terms:

0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1825 Geomorphology: fluvial [HYDROLOGY]
1855 Remote sensing [HYDROLOGY]
1856 River channels [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Video Instantaneous Structure from Motion for Mapping Water Surface Topography (237616)
Aaron Zettler-Mann, South Yuba River Citizens League, Nevada City, CA, United States and Mark A Fonstad, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States
Estimating continuous floodplain and major river bed topography mixing ordinal coutour lines and topographic points (249743)
Jean-Stephane Bailly1, Mathieu Dartevelle2, Carole Delenne3 and Antoine Rousseau2, (1)LISAH, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Montpellier, France, (2)INRIA, LEMON, Montpellier, France, (3)University of Montpellier, HSM, Montpellier, France
A walk by the river: three-dimensional reconstruction of surface sedimentology and topography using wearable laser scanning (263390)
Richard Williams1, Marie-Lou Lamy2, Eilidh Stott1 and Georgios Maniatis3, (1)University of Glasgow, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, Glasgow, G12, United Kingdom, (2)ENSG, National School of Geographic Sciences, Paris, France, (3)University of Glasgow, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom
An Assessment of Stream Confluence Flow Dynamics using Large Scale Particle Image Velocimetry Captured from Unmanned Aerial Systems (282868)
Quinn W Lewis, University of Waterloo, Geography and Environmental Management, Ontario, ON, Canada and Bruce L Rhoads, UIUC-Geography, Champaign, IL, United States
Reconstructing the 1935 Columbia River Gorge: A Topographic and Orthophoto Experiment (287930)
Mark A Fonstad1, James H Major1, Jim E O'Connor2 and James T. Dietrich, Ph.D.3, (1)University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Portland, United States, (3)University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, United States
Surveying Small Streams with COTS UAVs (295307)
Jim A McKean, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Vallejo, CA, United States, C. Wayne Wright, C. W. Wright Consulting, Tampa, FL, United States and Daniele Tonina, Center for Ecohydraulics Research, Boise, ID, United States

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