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Articles | Volume 25, issue 8
Articles | Volume 25, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4435-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4435-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 25, issue 8
Research article
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16 Aug 2021
Research article |  | 16 Aug 2021

Deep learning for automated river-level monitoring through river-camera images: an approach based on water segmentation and transfer learning

Remy Vandaele, Sarah L. Dance, and Varun Ojha

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The acquisition of river-level data is a critical task for the understanding of flood events but is often complicated by the difficulty to install and maintain gauges able to provide such information. This study proposes applying deep learning techniques on river-camera images in order to automatically extract the corresponding water levels. This approach could allow for a new flexible way to observe flood events, especially at ungauged locations.
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