Assessing the quality of digital elevation models obtained from mini unmanned aerial vehicles for overland flow modelling in urban areas

Leitão, João P.; Moy de Vitry, Matthew; Scheidegger, Andreas; Rieckermann, Jörg

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1637-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1637-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1637-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 4

Research article

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29 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 29 Apr 2016

Assessing the quality of digital elevation models obtained from mini unmanned aerial vehicles for overland flow modelling in urban areas

João P. Leitão, Matthew Moy de Vitry, Andreas Scheidegger, and Jörg Rieckermann

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

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RC C2478: 'hydrology and hydraulics, environmental monitoring', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Jul 2015
- AC C2773: 'Responses to Reviewer #1 comments on the manuscript', J.P. Leitao, 22 Jul 2015
RC C2493: 'Comments for revision hess-2015-179', Morgan Abily, 10 Jul 2015
- AC C2775: 'Responses to Mr Abily's comments on the manuscript', J.P. Leitao, 22 Jul 2015
RC C2526: 'UAV', Anonymous Referee #3, 13 Jul 2015
- AC C2777: 'Responses to Reviewer #3 comments on the manuscript', J.P. Leitao, 22 Jul 2015
EC C2530: 'Start interacting', Nunzio Romano, 13 Jul 2015
- AC C2781: 'Generic message to Editor and Reviewers', J.P. Leitao, 22 Jul 2015
RC C2617: 'General comments', Anonymous Referee #4, 16 Jul 2015
- AC C2779: 'Responses to Reviewer #4 comments on the manuscript', J.P. Leitao, 22 Jul 2015

Peer-review completion

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (08 Sep 2015) by Giuliano Di Baldassarre

AR by J.P. Leitao on behalf of the Authors (20 Oct 2015) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Nov 2015) by Giuliano Di Baldassarre

RR by Morgan Abily (08 Feb 2016)

RR by Paolo Paron (09 Feb 2016)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (15 Feb 2016) by Giuliano Di Baldassarre

AR by J.P. Leitao on behalf of the Authors (08 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Apr 2016) by Giuliano Di Baldassarre

RR by Paolo Paron (11 Apr 2016)

ED: Publish as is (11 Apr 2016) by Giuliano Di Baldassarre

AR by J.P. Leitao on behalf of the Authors (12 Apr 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

Precise and detailed DEMs are essential to accurately predict overland flow in urban areas. In this this study we evaluated whether DEMs generated from UAV imagery are suitable for urban drainage overland flow modelling. Specifically, 14 UAV flights were conducted to assess the influence of four different flight parameters on the quality of generated DEMs. In addition, we compared the best quality UAV DEM to a conventional lidar-based DEM; the two DEMs are of comparable quality.