A Preliminary Investigation into the Estimation of River Depth Based on Meander Geometry

Abstract

At times it becomes desirable to estimate the depths of rivers using aerial photography or other remotely sensed imagery. Due to water turbidity in many of the cases, optical techniques using water color or laser bathymetry are not feasible. This preliminary study investigates the potential use of meander geometry based on empirical equations as a possible method for the estimation of river depths for natural alluvial streams and rivers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 20, 2004
Accession Number
ADA426678

Entities

People

  • Frank P. Mccreedy
  • Hillary C. Mesick

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Photography
  • Application Software
  • Bathymetry
  • Cameras
  • Curvature
  • Earth Sciences
  • Environment
  • Equations
  • Geography
  • Geometry
  • Images
  • Lepidoptera
  • Measurement
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Streams And Rivers
  • Turbidity

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Vision.
  • Riverine Ecology

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy