Water Resources Modelling

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To finish this summer compilation, a few numbers to highlight how feasible is to track the evolution of a meander: for a pilot case 10 Hectares surface, 15 mins drone footage in manual mode can take 200 snapshots, and after 2 hours SfM crunching by a desktop, a 3D surface model with centimetrical pixel resolution (GSD < 5 cms) allows to track standard fluvial shapes: bars, channels and other deposits that identify meander migrations. More details discussed in the next season E-Learning module.  

To start monitoring Algae Blooms for a few hectares you just need HQ drone imagery and simple free software, to be explained in forthcoming E-Learning module,  insights about limits and  comparison with open-access satellite bands are also discussed.

A dry summer, semi-arid area, most of the river bed is free and mappable by a drone, but the bank vegetation is still very dense and a filtering algorithm is needed to estimate the bare ground. We pose the question when is most convenient to map the river bed and the banks ?  Seeds for E-Learning module.

  A first approach with local High Resolution UAV datasets, open-access Satellite Imagery and Free Software processing tools was made for UTN-Concordia, Argentina, last May and April, during six online sessions. Many comments and feedback have led to a redistribution of the modules, as explained in the new leaflet for future editions. The basic Educational Module covers the tools: Open-Drone-Map WebODM, RIVeR-LSPIV, HEC-RAS, Google-Earth-Engine and QGIS . Imagery data come from local drone surveys and Copernicus Sentinel -1, 2 satellite missions.  

First edition online drone imagery processing with free software, course already launched last Saturday 10th April, hosted by UTN Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina, a region with large water resources to be monitored in detail with remote sensing tools. How can drones assist with 3D image reconstruction and mapping, to be discussed along 4 hours practices during six saturdays.  

Introducing  the use of satellites, drones and new generation software solutions for wider and easy access monitoring in hydrology,   for the online Master IRH@unizar , January 13th, 2021.