Flood Flow in a Proglacial Outwash Plain: Quantifying Spatial Extent and Frequency of Inundation from Time-Lapse Imagery
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- To what extent can semi-automated image analysis capture the inundation of an active floodplain?
- Which processes generate the most extensive observed inundated area?
- How strongly does the channel network alter inter-annually and during high-runoff events?
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Time-Lapse Camera
2.2. AWS—Automatic Weather Station
2.3. Discharge Gauging Station
2.4. Image Analysis Process
3. Results
3.1. Images Available for Analysis
3.2. Areal Inundation Frequency
3.3. Daily Maximum Inundation Area
4. Discussion
4.1. Daily Maximum Inundation Area
4.2. Weather Conditions and Illumination
4.3. Spatial Segregation of AoI and AWS
4.4. Showcase Example
4.5. Future Improvements
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Total | Records | 2844 | 2123 | 2939 |
Time period | 26 May–16 December | 1 February–31 December | 1 January–25 October | |
Sorted | Records | 1168 | 180 | 900 |
Time period | 12 July–16 October | 18 September–1 November | 8 July–24 September | |
Reference image | 31 July 9:50:10 | 1 October 6:55:32 | 21 August 12:52:20 |
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Hiller, C.; Walter, L.; Helfricht, K.; Weisleitner, K.; Achleitner, S. Flood Flow in a Proglacial Outwash Plain: Quantifying Spatial Extent and Frequency of Inundation from Time-Lapse Imagery. Water 2022, 14, 590. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14040590
Hiller C, Walter L, Helfricht K, Weisleitner K, Achleitner S. Flood Flow in a Proglacial Outwash Plain: Quantifying Spatial Extent and Frequency of Inundation from Time-Lapse Imagery. Water. 2022; 14(4):590. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14040590
Chicago/Turabian StyleHiller, Clemens, Lukas Walter, Kay Helfricht, Klemens Weisleitner, and Stefan Achleitner. 2022. "Flood Flow in a Proglacial Outwash Plain: Quantifying Spatial Extent and Frequency of Inundation from Time-Lapse Imagery" Water 14, no. 4: 590. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14040590