Analysis of Thermal Scanning Imagery to Investigate Point Inflows Into Surface Water Bodies
Nelson JE, Silliman SE, Wasowski RJ. 1991. Analysis of Thermal Scanning Imagery to Investigate Point Inflows Into Surface Water Bodies. Pages 179-188. In Civil Engineering Applications of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems. American Society of Civil Engineers
Using a modified technique of thermal infrared remote sensing, physical sampling, and data analysis (graphical and geostatistical) locating a small inflow to a lake was possible. Thermal infrared remote sensing detected radiant temperature anomalies on the surface of the lake. These anomalies then influenced the design of a sampling program for the collection of water quality parameters. This collected data set was then analyzed both graphically and geostatistically to verify the existence of water inflow at the locations of the radiant temperature anomalies.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Nelson, James; Silliman, Stephan; Wasowski, Ronald
- Units
- CRCO , GLAC
- Keywords
- Computer vision and image processing, Data analysis, Inflow, Sensors and sensing, Surface water, Thermal analysis, Water quality, Water resources