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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-349-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-349-2022
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27 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 27 Apr 2022

Convolutional neural networks for image-based sediment detection applied to a large terrestrial and airborne dataset

Xingyu Chen, Marwan A. Hassan, and Xudong Fu

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We compiled a large image dataset containing more than 125 000 sediments and developed a model (GrainID) based on convolutional neural networks to measure individual grain size from images. The model was calibrated on flume and natural stream images covering a wide range of fluvial environments. The model showed high performance compared with other methods. Our model showed great potential for grain size measurements from a small patch of sediment in a flume to a watershed-scale drone survey.
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