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Mapping snow depth in alpine terrain with unmanned aerial systems (UASs): potential and limitations
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
Marc S. Adams
Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW), Innsbruck, Austria
Ruedi Bösch
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Andreas Stoffel
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
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Short summary
We map the distribution of snow depth at two alpine test sites with unmanned aerial system (UAS) data by applying structure-from-motion photogrammetry. In comparison with manual snow depth measurements, we find high accuracies of 7 to 15 cm for the snow depth values. We can prove that photogrammetric measurements on snow-covered terrain are possible. Underlaying vegetation such as bushes and grass leads to an underestimation of snow depth in the range of 10 to 50 cm.
We map the distribution of snow depth at two alpine test sites with unmanned aerial system (UAS)...
