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Dates

Publication Date
Time Period
2021-09-20

Citation

Engel, F.L., Cadogan, A., and Duan, J.G., 2022, Small Unoccupied Aircraft System Imagery and Associated Data used for Discharge Measurement at Eight Locations Across the United States in 2019 and 2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9H2MM1M.

Summary

This child item contains files representing Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) processing masks which excluded regions of invalid velocities from the PIV results. Masks typically are used to screen out velocities or prevent the creation of velocities for regions of an image where computed PIV velocities would be nonsensical or invalid. For example, near or on the channel banks, where a tree overhangs the channel, or the presence of a boat or other object in the water. By using masks, these regions can be excluded from analysis. The PIVLab software allows for the designation of a rectangular Region of Interest (ROI). For five of the field sites, which were located at engineered canals, a rectangular ROI was sufficient to exclude areas [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Frank L Engel
Originator :
Frank L Engel, Ammon Cadogan, Jennifer Duan
Metadata Contact :
Frank L Engel
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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ACR_Mask1.txt 343 Bytes text/plain
ACR_Mask2.txt 219 Bytes text/plain
AFR_Mask.txt 236 Bytes text/plain
GLR_Mask1.txt 897 Bytes text/plain
GLR_Mask2.txt 163 Bytes text/plain
GLR_Mask3.txt 56 Bytes text/plain

Purpose

These data were collected as part of a series of field experiments to test the validity of using small unoccupied aircraft systems (sUAS) to collect stream surface velocity and discharge measurements. The files in this child item are used to screen invalid regions of the PIV imagery from analysis.

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