Institute of Geography
Topic
River surface flow velocity patterns detection using videos from drones
PhD. program
Physical Geography, Geoecology and Geoinformatics
Year of admission
2025
Name of the supervisor
Mgr. Miloš Rusnák, PhD.
Contact:
Receiving school
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava
Annotation
The main task is the semi-automatic measurement of surface flow velocities of the entire river section at high resolution based on drone videos and imagery. The flow velocity pattern of the river surface was measured using the estimated camera pose from SfM, the reconstructed bathymetric point cloud and the co-registered video frames in combination with image velocimetry analysis. The final processing step comprised particle tracking velocimetry to measure the river surface velocity along the river reach. The result will be validated by field measurement of flow velocity. This PhD position offers a great opportunity to get involved in ongoing research projects.