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Aerial images in the vicinity of USGS gaging station #07094500 Arkansas River at Parkdale, Colorado were collected on March 20-22, 2018, using Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS, or "drones"). Data were processed using structure-from-motion analysis to generate a three-dimensional point cloud that identifies pixels from multiple images representing the same object and calculates the x, y, and z coordinates of that object/pixel. The point cloud was processed to create a digital surface model of the site. Finally, source images were stitched together based on shared pixels and orthogonally adjusted to create a high resolution (approximately 2 cm pixel size) orthoimage for the study area. The orthomosaic image captures...
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Low-altitude (80 and 100 meters above ground level) digital images were taken over an area of the Plum Island Estuary and Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Massachusetts using 3DR Solo uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) on November 14, 2017 and March 28, 2019. These images were collected as part of an effort to document marsh stability over time and quantify sediment movement using UAS technology. Each UAS was equipped with either a Ricoh GR II digital camera for true color photos, which can be used to produce digital elevation models and ortho images, or a MicaSense RedEdge multispectral camera for five-banded imagery (blue, green, red, red edge, and near-infrared spectral bands), which can be used to...
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This child item contains the Mathworks Matlab mat-file outputs from the scripts described in the Ancillary Scripts child item. Each file contains the results for a particular field site. See the FGDC metadata Process Steps section for more information about opening these files. The mat-files included here have a standard set of output variables and include a variable named "zzVariableDescriptions" in each mat-file which describes the contents of the file. The following variables and descriptions are included in each mat-file (extracted from the "zzVariableDescriptions" variable): calibration_distance: The distance between calibration points in meters. calibration_points: Pixel coordinates of the calibration points....
Tags: Agua Fria River, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, Androscoggin River, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA, Coachella Canal, Imperial County, California, USA, Cochiti Lake, Reservoir, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA, All tags...
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This child item contains Mathworks MATLAB script files which reproduce the processing steps for each dataset. The following scripts are included: MATLAB scripts to process the images extracted from sUAS videos for each site. See the FGDC metadata Data Quality Section Process Step 1 for details on these scripts: ACR_PIVLab_Script.m AFR_PIVLab_Script.m CCC_PIVLab_Script.m CMC_PIVLab_Script.m GLR_PIVLab_Script.m RMC_PIVLab_Script.m SMC_PIVLab_Script.m WMD_PIVLab_Script.m MATLAB scripts to post process the data into the form supplied in this data release. See the FGDC metadata Data Quality Section Process Steps 2 and 3 for details on these scripts: CalibrateData.m CreatePlots.m Each Field Site is abbreviated in...
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This child item contains images associated with each field site showing example output of PIV results as processed using the "CreatePlots.m" script file found in the Ancillary Scripts child item of this data release. Each Field Site is abbreviated in various files in this data release. File and folder names are used to quickly identify which site a particular file or dataset represents. The following abbreviations are used: ACR: Androscoggin River, Auburn, Maine, USA AFR: Agua Fria River, near Rock Springs, Arizona, USA CCC: Coachella Canal above All-American Canal Diversion, California, USA CMC: Cochiti East Side Main Channel, near Cochiti, New Mexico, USA GLR: Gila River near Dome, Arizona, USA RMC: Reservation...
Tags: Agua Fria River, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, Androscoggin River, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA, Coachella Canal, Imperial County, California, USA, Cochiti Lake, Reservoir, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA, All tags...
The Hydrologic Remote Sensing Branch (HRSB) community is intended to host remote sensing technology datasets and information products to help WMA and Water Science Center (WSC) staff more safely and effectively gage streams, monitor water quality, and measure the hydrologic cycle.
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This child item contains files representing Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) processing masks which excluded regions of invalid velocities from the PIV results. Masks typically are used to screen out velocities or prevent the creation of velocities for regions of an image where computed PIV velocities would be nonsensical or invalid. For example, near or on the channel banks, where a tree overhangs the channel, or the presence of a boat or other object in the water. By using masks, these regions can be excluded from analysis. The PIVLab software allows for the designation of a rectangular Region of Interest (ROI). For five of the field sites, which were located at engineered canals, a rectangular ROI was sufficient...
Tags: Agua Fria River, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, Androscoggin River, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA, Coachella Canal, Imperial County, California, USA, Cochiti Lake, Reservoir, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA, All tags...
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The U.S. Geological Survey collected multispectral and visible light imagery via a quadcopter, small unoccupied aircraft system (sUAS) deployed near Ashville Bridge Creek in Virginia Beach, VA. Approximately 0.25 sq mi surrounding U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge along Ashville Bridge Creek approximately 0.5 mi south of Lotus Garden Park on July 17 and 18, 2018. Photos were collected at a height of 400ft above ground level (AGL) with approximately 70% frontlap between photos and approximately 30% sidelap between survey lines. Multispectral images were collected in a tif format using a Micasense RedEdge M with a Ground Sample Distance of 8.2 cm/pixel, visible light images were...
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The U.S. Geological Survey collected low-altitude airborne visual imagery via a multirotor, small unoccupied aircraft system (sUAS) along with Real Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS survey data at Childs along the Verde River in Arizona in December 2017. Visual imagery was collected in jpg format and Structure from Motion techniques were applied to the visual imagery to derive a time-specific high-resolution orthomosaic for the study site.
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This dataset contains Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) footage from the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea Volcano’s lower East Rift Zone (LERZ), Island of Hawai‘i. The four-month-long eruption, from May 3 to September 5, produced lava flows that destroyed 723 structures, inundated 35.5 km2 of land, and added 3.5 km2 of new land to the Island of Hawai‘i. There are 1178 UAS videos in this publication, recorded from May 27 to September 8, which have been separated into sub-pages by month. Videos taken during each month are separated into zipped files by date (YYYY/MM/DD) and location. Sub-pages for each month also contain a ReadMe text file with information pertaining to the videos, including flight end time, video duration,...
This dataset contains data collected during science flights using the drone-based QCam, which is a Doppler (velocity) radar designed to measure surface velocity and compute river discharge when channel bathymetry is known. Five science flights were conducted on the Arkansas River in Colorado and are presented as comma separated values (CSV) files.
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This child item contains the image frames extracted from videos for each field site. The images serve as the input to the Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) analysis. There are zip archive files for each field site included in this child item. Each of the zip files contain three directories of images: original: these are the image frames extracted from the videos without other modification. stable: these image frames have been created by running the original frames through an image stabilization program. See the FGDC metadata Process Steps for more information. stable_subtracted: these image frames have been created by using background subtraction on the stabilized images. See the FGDC metadata Process Steps for...
Categories: Data; Tags: Agua Fria River, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, Androscoggin River, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA, Coachella Canal, Imperial County, California, USA, Cochiti Lake, Reservoir, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA, All tags...
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Small unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) are now often used for collecting aerial visible image data and creating 3D digital surface models (DSM) that incorporate terrain and dense vegetation. Lightweight thermal sensors provide another sensor option for generation of sub meter resolution aerial thermal infrared orthophotos that can be used to infer hydrogeological processes. UAS-based sensors allow for the rapid and safe survey of groundwater discharge areas, often present in inaccessible, boggy, and/or dangerous terrain. Visible light and thermal infrared image data were collected March 2018 and March 2019, respectively, at Tidmarsh Farms, a former commercial cranberry bog located in coastal Massachusetts, USA...
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A USGS Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) Aquatic Airshow field testing and demonstration event occurred March 20–21, 2018, on the Arkansas River at Parkdale, CO, USA. At the airshow, a group of USGS scientists and technicians gathered to test non-contact sensors for measuring stream discharge using UAS and a sensor mounted on a tag line. Scientists at the event performed a series of tests to measure river discharge with experimental non-contact techniques. USGS scientists and field personnel traditionally conduct a discharge measurement either by wading or working from a boat. Due to the potential danger and high risk to personnel safety, hydrologic measurement work is limited during very high flow events, ice break-up,...
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The U.S. Geological Survey collected low-altitude airborne visual imagery via a multirotor, small unoccupied aircraft system (sUAS) along with Real Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS survey data at Sheep Bridge along the Verde River in Arizona in December 2017. Visual imagery was collected in jpg format and Structure from Motion techniques were applied to the visual imagery to derive a time-specific high-resolution orthomosaic for the study site.
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This child item contains the raw acoustic Doppler velocity profiler (ADCP) and acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV) measurements collected by U.S. Geological hydrographers at each site for the purpose of validating LSPIV results. In all field sites except for the Androscoggin River (ACR) and Agua Fria River (AFR) sites, the discharge measurements were collected as part of routine and standard U.S Geological streamflow gaging direct measurement workflows at established U.S. Geological Survey gaging locations. The discharge measurement at the Androscoggin River (ACR) site was collected in a reach of river not containing a U.S. Geological Survey stream gage, however it was collected using the standard gaging workflows....
Tags: Agua Fria River, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, Androscoggin River, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA, Coachella Canal, Imperial County, California, USA, Cochiti Lake, Reservoir, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA, All tags...
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The U.S. Geological Survey collected low-altitude airborne visual imagery via a multirotor, small unoccupied aircraft system (sUAS) along with Real Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS survey data at three study sites (Beasley Flat, Childs, and Sheep Bridge) along the Verde River in Arizona in December 2017. Visual imagery was collected in jpg format and Structure from Motion techniques were applied to the visual imagery to derive a time-specific high-resolution orthomosaic for each of the three study sites.
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The U.S. Geological Survey collected low-altitude airborne thermal infrared data and visual imagery via a multirotor, small unoccupied aircraft system deployed from the northern bank of Oh-be-joyful Creek and adjacent to the Peeler fault, approximately 6 kilometers northwest of the town of Crested Butte, in Gunnison National Forest, Colorado, on August 17, 2017. Thermal infrared still images were collected in jpg and radiometric tiff formats, and non-radiometric thermal infrared video was collected. The radiometric thermal infrared still images were compiled automatically into a larger stitched image (orthomosaic). Visual imagery was collected in jpg format, and the images were compiled automatically into a larger...
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The U.S. Geological Survey collected low-altitude airborne visual imagery via a multirotor, small unoccupied aircraft system (sUAS) along with Real Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS survey data at Beasley Flat along the Verde River in Arizona in December 2017. Visual imagery was collected in jpg format and Structure from Motion techniques were applied to the visual imagery to derive a time-specific high-resolution orthomosaic for the study site.


map background search result map search result map Near-field Remote Sensing of River Velocity, Bathymetry, Floodplain Topography, and Discharge at the Arkansas River at Parkdale, Colorado, USA, March 2018 Thermal infrared and photogrammetric data collected by small unoccupied aircraft system for hydrogeologic analysis of Oh-be-joyful Creek, Gunnison National Forest, Colorado, August 2017 Multispectral and visual photogrammetric data collected via sUAS: Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia, July 2018 Thermal infrared, multispectral, and photogrammetric data collected by drone for hydrogeologic analysis of the East River beaver-impacted corridor near Crested Butte, Colorado Thermal infrared and photogrammetric data collected by small unoccupied aircraft system for the evaluation of wetland restoration design at Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Photogrammetric data collected by small unoccupied aircraft system for vegetation analysis at three study reaches along the Verde River, Arizona, December 2017 Photogrammetric data collected by small unoccupied aircraft system for vegetation analysis at Beasley Flat along the Verde River, Arizona, December 2017 Photogrammetric data collected by small unoccupied aircraft system for vegetation analysis at Childs along the Verde River, Arizona, December 2017 Photogrammetric data collected by small unoccupied aircraft system for vegetation analysis at Sheep Bridge along the Verde River, Arizona, December 2017 Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) video of the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii Surface Velocity Data Acquired from QCam (Drone-based Doppler Velocity Radar) for the Arkansas River at Parkdale, Colorado, March 2018 Orthorectified Mosaic Photograph of a Portion of the Arkansas River at Parkdale, Colorado, March, 2018 Discharge Measurements Masks Particle Image Velocimetry Results Particle Image Velocimetry Results Images Ancillary Scripts Particle Image Velocimetry Images Multispectral aerial imagery collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), Massachusetts, November 14, 2017 and March 28, 2019 Near-field Remote Sensing of River Velocity, Bathymetry, Floodplain Topography, and Discharge at the Arkansas River at Parkdale, Colorado, USA, March 2018 Surface Velocity Data Acquired from QCam (Drone-based Doppler Velocity Radar) for the Arkansas River at Parkdale, Colorado, March 2018 Orthorectified Mosaic Photograph of a Portion of the Arkansas River at Parkdale, Colorado, March, 2018 Thermal infrared and photogrammetric data collected by small unoccupied aircraft system for the evaluation of wetland restoration design at Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Photogrammetric data collected by small unoccupied aircraft system for vegetation analysis at Sheep Bridge along the Verde River, Arizona, December 2017 Multispectral aerial imagery collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), Massachusetts, November 14, 2017 and March 28, 2019 Multispectral and visual photogrammetric data collected via sUAS: Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia, July 2018 Thermal infrared and photogrammetric data collected by small unoccupied aircraft system for hydrogeologic analysis of Oh-be-joyful Creek, Gunnison National Forest, Colorado, August 2017 Photogrammetric data collected by small unoccupied aircraft system for vegetation analysis at Childs along the Verde River, Arizona, December 2017 Photogrammetric data collected by small unoccupied aircraft system for vegetation analysis at Beasley Flat along the Verde River, Arizona, December 2017 Thermal infrared, multispectral, and photogrammetric data collected by drone for hydrogeologic analysis of the East River beaver-impacted corridor near Crested Butte, Colorado Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) video of the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii Discharge Measurements Masks Particle Image Velocimetry Results Particle Image Velocimetry Results Images Ancillary Scripts Particle Image Velocimetry Images