Characterization of morphological units in  a small, forested stream using close-range  remotely piloted aircraft imagery

Helm, Carina; Hassan, Marwan A.; Reid, David

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-913-2020

Articles | Volume 8, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-913-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-913-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 4

Research article

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04 Nov 2020

Research article |

| 04 Nov 2020

Characterization of morphological units in a small, forested stream using close-range remotely piloted aircraft imagery

Carina Helm, Marwan A. Hassan, and David Reid

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Jun 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Comments from Reviewer 1', Carina Helm, 27 Jul 2020
RC2: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Jul 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Comments from Reviewer 2', Carina Helm, 28 Jul 2020
RC3: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 07 Jul 2020
- AC3: 'Response to Comments from Reviewer 3', Carina Helm, 28 Jul 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Carina Helm on behalf of the Authors (13 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (21 Aug 2020) by Rebecca Hodge

AR by Carina Helm on behalf of the Authors (30 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 Sep 2020) by Rebecca Hodge

ED: Publish as is (25 Sep 2020) by Niels Hovius (Editor)

AR by Carina Helm on behalf of the Authors (27 Sep 2020)

Short summary

Forested, gravel-bed streams possess complex channel morphologies which are difficult to objectively characterize. This paper describes a novel technique using a remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) to characterize these systems below the forest canopy. The results demonstrate the accuracy and coverage of RPAs for objectively characterizing and classifying these systems relative to more traditional, time-consuming techniques that are generally used in these environments.