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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2559-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2559-2016
Research article
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02 Nov 2016
Research article |  | 02 Nov 2016

Accuracy of snow depth estimation in mountain and prairie environments by an unmanned aerial vehicle

Phillip Harder, Michael Schirmer, John Pomeroy, and Warren Helgason

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This paper assesses the accuracy of high-resolution snow depth maps generated from unmanned aerial vehicle imagery. Snow depth maps are generated from differencing snow-covered and snow-free digital surface models produced from structure from motion techniques. On average, the estimated snow depth error was 10 cm. This technique is therefore useful for observing snow accumulation and melt in deep snow but is restricted to observing peak snow accumulation in shallow snow.