River width measurement using sentinel-1 satellite data

Wei Ling Hsu, Kuan Tsung Chang*, Liang-Jeng Chang, Chih Tien Wang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar image analysis technology is conducted to measure river width in a multitemporal change in this study. With the field surveying work, two Sentinel-1A images taken on March 14 and May 24, 2018, have been obtained. Next the SNAP data processing software can be used to produce backscattering coefficient, and the values can be converted into intensity image. Low intensity features related with water body will be helpful for river width measurement. Moreover, an UAS flight also arranged on May 24 to take 525 photos with a DJI Phantom 4 Pro UAS under flying altitude of 120 meters. The Agisoft Photoscan Professional software used to produce an ortho-mosaic image in a spatial resolution of 3.39 cm for the comparison of geometrical differences in river width measurement. According to the comparison results with manual measurement, the derived difference of river width is 1.2 meters at the Zhongtou bridge in the Wuxi river.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing, ICAM 2018
EditorsTeen-Hang Meen
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages324-327
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781538656099
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jul 2018
Event2018 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing, ICAM 2018 - Yunlin, Taiwan
Duration: 16 Nov 201818 Nov 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing, ICAM 2018

Conference

Conference2018 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing, ICAM 2018
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityYunlin
Period16/11/1818/11/18

Keywords

  • Backscattering
  • Radar
  • River
  • Unmanned aerial vehicle

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