[M-TT47] GEOSCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS OF HIGH-DEFINITION TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOPHYSICAL DATA IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

[MTT47-P01] High-definition topography monitoring after riverbed cultivation in the Echi River, central Japan

*Takuro Ogura^1,2, Satoshi Asano³, Toshiaki Mizuno³, Yoshihiro Azuma³, Takeshi Kitai⁴, Yuichi S Hayakawa^5,6, Kotaro Iizuka⁶ (1.Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 2.Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, 3.Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute , 4.Lake Biwa Museum, 5.Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, 6.Center for Spatial information Science, The University of Tokyo)

Keywords:High-definition topographic data, riverbed cultivation, UAV, SfM-MVS photogrammetry, Echi river

Natural processes of erosion and deposition on riverbeds are generally limited in Japan due to large-scale public constructions including dams and banks. As a result of the construction of dams, sediment transport may dramatically decrease in the downstream area are, and the river ecosystem can also be affected. To make sediment move more vigorously, we cultivated the armored gravel riverbed with heavy machinery. We then explore the effects of riverbed cultivating by monitoring the topographic changes with high-frequency and high-definition measurements (HF-HD measurements), whereas conventional measurement technologies do not compensate spatial resolution and temporal resolution to capture the topographic change. Using UAS (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and SfM-MVS (Structure-from-Motion – Multi-view Stereo) photogrammetry, we found the transportation of the fixed gravels were occurring after cultivating the riverbed in 2017. The temporal and spatial resolutions of the HF-HD topographic data was approximately 2 months and 10 cm, respectively. In July 2018, water flow at 130 m³/s was discharged from the upstream dam, and we confirmed that a part of the gravels in the cultivated area was eroded and replaced with new sediments (Fig. 1). These observations indicate that riverbed monitoring using UAV and SfM - MVS can be a practical tool for proper management of riverbeds. Applying this result, we will further clarify the relationships between the water quantity discharged from the dam and the riverbed topographic changes.