Fluvial remote sensing for science and management /
This book offers a comprehensive overview of progress in the general area of fluvial remote sensing with a specific focus on its potential contribution to river management. The book highlights a range of challenging issues by considering a range of spatial and temporal scales with perspectives from...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons,
2012.
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Colección: | Advancing river restoration and management.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Fluvial Remote Sensing for Science and Management
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Foreword
- List of Contributors
- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Growing Use of Imagery in Fundamental and Applied River Sciences
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Remote sensing, river sciences and management
- 1.2.1 Key concepts in remote sensing
- 1.2.2 A short introduction to `river friendly' sensors and platforms
- 1.2.3 Cost considerations
- 1.3 Evolution of published work in Fluvial Remote Sensing
- 1.3.1 Authorships and Journals
- 1.3.2 Platforms and Sensors
- 1.3.3 Topical Areas
- 1.3.4 Spatial and Temporal Resolutions
- 1.3.5 Summary
- 1.4 Brief outline of the volume
- References
- Chapter 2 Management Applications of Optical Remote Sensing in the Active River Channel
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 What can be mapped with optical imagery?
- 2.3 Flood extent and discharge
- 2.4 Water depth
- 2.5 Channel change
- 2.6 Turbidity and suspended sediment
- 2.7 Bed sediment
- 2.8 Biotypes (in-stream habitat units)
- 2.9 Wood
- 2.10 Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) and algae
- 2.11 Evolving applications
- 2.12 Management considerations common to river applications
- 2.13 Accuracy
- 2.14 Ethical considerations
- 2.15 Why use optical remote sensing?
- References
- Chapter 3 An Introduction to the Physical Basis for Deriving River Information by Optical Remote Sensing
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 An overview of radiative transfer in shallow stream channels
- 3.2.1 Quantifying the light field
- 3.2.2 Radiative transfer processes along the image chain
- 3.3 Optical characteristics of river channels
- 3.3.1 Reflectance from the water surface
- 3.3.2 Optically significant constituents of the water column
- 3.3.3 Reflectance properties of the streambed and banks.
- 3.4 Inferring river channel attributes from remotely sensed data
- 3.4.1 Spectrally-based bathymetric mapping via band ratios
- 3.4.2 Relative magnitudes of the components of the at-sensor radiance signal
- 3.4.3 The role of sensor characteristics
- 3.5 Conclusion
- 3.6 Notation
- References
- Chapter 4 Hyperspectral Imagery in Fluvial Environments
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 The nature of hyperspectral data
- 4.3 Advantages of hyperspectral imagery
- 4.4 Logistical and optical limitations of hyperspectral imagery
- 4.5 Image processing techniques
- 4.6 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 5 Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing of Water Temperature in Riverine Landscapes
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 State of the art: TIR remote sensing of streams and rivers
- 5.3 Technical background to the TIR remote sensing of water
- 5.3.1 Remote sensing in the TIR spectrum
- 5.3.2 The relationship between emissivity and kinetic and radiant temperature
- 5.3.3 Using Planck's Law to determine temperature from TIR observations
- 5.3.4 Processing of TIR image data
- 5.3.5 Atmospheric correction
- 5.3.6 Key points
- 5.4 Extracting useful information from TIR images
- 5.4.1 Calculating a representative water temperature
- 5.4.2 Accuracy, uncertainty, and scale
- 5.4.3 The near-bank environment
- 5.4.4 Key points
- 5.5 TIR imaging sensors and data sources
- 5.5.1 Ground imaging
- 5.5.2 Airborne imaging
- 5.5.3 Satellite imaging
- 5.5.4 Key points
- 5.6 Validating TIR measurements of rivers
- 5.6.1 Timeliness of data
- 5.6.2 Sampling site selection
- 5.6.3 Thermal stratification and mixing
- 5.6.4 Measuring representative temperature
- 5.6.5 Key points.
- 5.7 Example 1: Illustrating the necessity of matching the spatial resolution of the TIR imaging device to river width using multi-scale observations of water temperature in the Pacific Northwest (USA)
- 5.8 Example 2: Thermal heterogeneity in river floodplains used to assess habitat diversity
- 5.9 Summary
- Acknowledgements
- 5.10 Table of abbreviations
- References
- Chapter 6 The Use of Radar Imagery in Riverine Flood Inundation Studies
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Microwave imaging of water and flooded land surfaces
- 6.2.1 Passive radiometry
- 6.2.2 Synthetic Aperture Radar
- 6.2.3 SAR interferometry
- 6.3 The use of SAR imagery to map and monitor river flooding
- 6.3.1 Mapping river flood inundation from space
- 6.3.2 Sources of flood and water detection errors
- 6.3.3 Integration with flood inundation modelling
- 6.4 Case study examples
- 6.4.1 Fuzziness in SAR flood detection to increase confidence in flood model simulations
- 6.4.2 Near real-time flood detection in urban and rural areas using high resolution space-borne SAR images
- 6.4.3 Multi-temporal SAR images to inform about floodplain dynamics
- 6.5 Summary and outlook
- References
- Chapter 7 Airborne LiDAR Methods Applied to Riverine Environments
- 7.1 Introduction: LiDAR definition and history
- 7.2 Ranging airborne LiDAR physics
- 7.2.1 LiDAR for emergent terrestrial surfaces
- 7.2.2 LiDAR for aquatic surfaces
- 7.3 System parameters and capabilities: examples
- 7.3.1 Large footprint system: HawkEye II
- 7.3.2 Narrow footprint system: EAARL
- 7.3.3 Airborne LiDAR capacities for fluvial monitoring: a synthesis
- 7.4 LiDAR survey design for rivers
- 7.4.1 Flight planning and optimising system design
- 7.4.2 Geodetic positioning
- 7.5 River characterisation from LiDAR signals
- 7.5.1 Altimetry and topography.
- 7.5.2 Prospective estimations
- 7.6 LiDAR experiments on rivers: accuracies, limitations
- 7.6.1 LiDAR for river morphology description: the Gardon River case study
- 7.6.2 LiDAR and hydraulics: the Platte River experiment
- 7.7 Conclusion and perspectives: the future for airborne LiDAR on rivers
- References
- Chapter 8 Hyperspatial Imagery in Riverine Environments
- 8.1 Introduction: The Hyperspatial Perspective
- 8.2 Hyperspatial image acquisition
- 8.2.1 Platform considerations
- 8.2.2 Ground-tethered devices
- 8.2.3 Camera considerations
- 8.2.4 Logistics and costs
- 8.3 Issues, potential problems and plausible solutions
- 8.3.1 Georeferencing
- 8.3.2 Radiometric normalisation
- 8.3.3 Shadow correction
- 8.3.4 Image classification
- 8.3.5 Data mining and processing
- 8.4 From data acquisition to fluvial form and process understanding
- 8.4.1 Feature detection with hyperspatial imagery
- 8.4.2 Repeated surveys through time
- 8.5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 9 Geosalar: Innovative Remote Sensing Methods for Spatially Continuous Mapping of Fluvial Habitat at Riverscape Scale
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Study area and data collection
- 9.3 Grain size mapping
- 9.3.1 Superficial sand detection
- 9.3.2 Airborne grain size measurements
- 9.3.3 Riverscape scale grain size profile and fish distribution
- 9.3.4 Limitations of airborne grain size mapping
- 9.3.5 Example of application of grain size maps and long profiles to salmon habitat modelling
- 9.4 Bathymetry mapping
- 9.5 Further developments in the wake of the Geosalar project
- 9.5.1 Integrating fluvial remote sensing methods
- 9.5.2 Habitat data visualisation
- 9.5.3 Development of in-house airborne imaging capabilities
- 9.6 Flow velocity: mapping or modelling?
- 9.7 Future work: Integrating fish exploitation of the riverscape
- 9.8 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 10 Image Utilisation for the Study and Management of Riparian Vegetation: Overview and Applications
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Image analysis in riparian vegetation studies: what can we know?
- 10.2.1 Mapping vegetation types and land cover
- 10.2.2 Mapping species and individuals
- 10.2.3 Mapping changes and historical trajectories
- 10.2.4 Mapping other floodplain characteristics
- 10.3 Season and scale constraints in riparian vegetation studies
- 10.3.1 Choosing an appropriate time window for detecting vegetation types
- 10.3.2 Minimum detectable object size in the riparian zone
- 10.3.3 Spatial/spectral equivalence for detecting changes
- 10.4 From scientists' tools to managers' choices: what do we want to know? And how do we get it?
- 10.4.1 Which managers? Which objectives? Which approach?
- 10.4.2 Limitations of image-based approaches
- 10.5 Examples of imagery applications and potentials for riparian vegetation study
- 10.5.1 A low-cost strategy for monitoring changes in a floodplain forest: aerial photographs
- 10.5.2 Flow resistance and vegetation roughness parametrisation: LiDAR and multispectral imagery
- 10.5.3 Potential radar data uses for riparian vegetation characterisation
- 10.6 Perspectives: from images to indicators, automatised and standardised processes
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 11 Biophysical Characterisation of Fluvial Corridors at Reach to Network Scales
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 What are the raw data available for a biophysical characterisation of fluvial corridors?
- 11.3 How can we treat the information?
- 11.3.1 What can we see?