Combining UAV and high-resolution image-based particle image velocimetry to monitor flow in lakes and rivers

Gianluca Blois1, Jim Best2, Kenneth T Christensen3, Andrew B Kennedy4, Aaron Sheffield Donahue5, Naira Hovakimyan6, Venanzio Cichella6 and Ishaan Pakrasi6, (1)University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States, (2)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Departments of Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Champaign, United States, (3)University of Notre Dame, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Notre Dame, IN, United States, (4)University of Notre Dame, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, United States, (5)University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, United States, (6)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Mechanical Science and Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States