UAV-based PIV for quantifying water-flow processes in large-scale natural environments

G. Blois1,2*, JL Best2, KT Christensen1,2,3, V. Cichella5, A. Donahue4, N. Hovakimyan5, A. Kennedy4, I. Pakrasi5 1: Dept of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA 2: International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER), Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan 3: Dept. of Geology, Geography and Geographic Information Science, Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA 4: Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA 5: Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA * Correspondent author: gblois@nd.edu … Keywords: UAV, Large Scale PIV, Geophysical Flows … • A novel large-scale flow measurement technique that couples UAV technology with image-based velocimetry …