Articles | Volume 20, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3193-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3193-2016
Research article
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09 Aug 2016
Research article |  | 09 Aug 2016

Observing river stages using unmanned aerial vehicles

Tomasz Niedzielski, Matylda Witek, and Waldemar Spallek

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We study detectability of changes in water surface areas on orthophotomaps. We use unmanned aerial vehicles to acquire visible light photographs. We offer a new method for detecting changes in water surface areas and river stages. The approach is based on the application of the Student's t test, in asymptotic and bootstrapped versions. We test our approach on aerial photos taken during 3-year observational campaign. We detect transitions between all characteristic river stages using drone data.