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Past research projects
Data capture for disasters. Jim
was Co-Investigator on a
NERC funded project (September 2010 - February 2011) to obtain
imagery and spatial data representing the current state of the large
flow slide which occurred at Zhouqu, China on 8 August. This funded
project (£24,786, NE/I 016279/1 is through collaboration with
Dr Tom Dijkstra, Rene
Wackrow Dr Enoc
Sanz Ablanedo here at Loughborough University and working in conjunction
with the British Geological Survey.
Multi-dimensional soil erosion and associated
chemical transport- jim is Co-Investigator on a
NERC
funded project (July 2007- June 2010) to investigate the diffusion
of pollutants using numerical models. Photogrammetry is being used to
validate the theoretical modelling by experimental work in flumes and in
small catchments. This funded project (£342, 624, NE/E007015/1) is being
conducted through collaboration with
Dr J. Quinton
(Lancaster
University) and
Dr Graham Sander
at Loughborough.
Project web
site. Some research output.
The Geomatics Group was joined by
Dr Enoc
Sans-Ablanedo from the University of Leon, Spain between September
2010 in February 2011. Enoc was working at Loughborough for a period of six months in the field of close
range digital photogrammetry.
Many projects have involved the science of "Geomorphology" which aims to understand
the evolution of landforms. Chandler has always believed that accurate
spatial measurement is critical to the understanding the physical
processes involved in landform creation and has applied survey and
photogrammetry in a variety of projects, some complete whilst others continue to
evolve!
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Water surface measurement- jim
was
Co-Investigator on an EPSRC funded project (July 2006-June 2009)
entitled:
New approaches to estimating flood flows via surface videography and 2D
& 3D modelling. Jim
was again
working in collaboration with
Dr
K. Shiono, Loughborough University- supported by this EPSRC grant
for £261,850 (EP/E003915/1). Some
photography & some
results from a local river (Nov. 2006) and the
River Blackwater, (Dec, 2006).
Accuracy tests
were conducted along with tests using
differing
seeds .
Project
web site.
Book-
Jim has edited a book entitled: "APPLICATIONS
OF 3D MEASUREMENT FROM IMAGES" in collaboration with John Fryer and
Harvey Mitchell from the University
of Newcastle, Australia. Jim, Jan Walstra and Stuart Lane contributed a
chapter on "quantifying landform change" and the book was
published in September 2007.
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Landslide evolution and Slopes processes- a former Ph.D. student,
Dr Jan
Walstra has been quantifying change occurring on two landslides (Mam
Tor and Pentwyn) through use of historical photography, digital
photogrammetry and image processing and his award winning
PhD thesis can be
downloaded (10Mb) along with another recent paper.
Also in the field of slopes, JC is Co-Investigator for the
CLIFFS project, an
EPSRC
funded network. This is through collaboration with Dr Neil Dixon
and Dr Tom Dikstra.
Monitoring evolution of the Black Ven
landslide, Dorset, UK. This ongoing work which includes
animations depicting coastal change (original
PhD, 1989- warning- 20Mb!)
and an on-line display
for the
Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre. |
River Channel change- Quantifying
sediment transport on the River Sunwapta,
Canadian Rockies. to the
 Automated
digital photogrammetry has been used to acquire dense elevation models
from oblique imagery- published in the
Annals of
the Association of American Geographers. (In collaboration with
Prof. P. Ashmore, University of Western Ontario- travel supported by
a Royal Society).
This collaboration builds upon previous
flume based work which originally (1996) generated an
intriguing
animation!
This has been updated recently
(2008) by PhD student
Tobi Gardener. |
| Co-investigator on
an EPSRC Networking grant to develop research into the impact of climate
change on natural and constructed slopes (CLIFFS). (In collaboration with
Prof. Neil Dixon and
Dr Tom Dikstra, Loughborough
University- supported by an
EPSRC grant for £65,054). |
| Turbulent structure in meandering channels
with mobile beds for overbank flow. Digital photogrammetry has been used
to determine morphology of
flume beds
at Loughborough/HR Wallingford and assess appropriate
camera calibration methods. (In collaboration with
Prof. K. Shiono, Loughborough
University- supported by an
EPSRC grant for £161,719). |
| To examine fluvial processes and sediment transport (Lane
et al, 1994) on braided streams and in flumes. (In collaboration
with Department of Geography at University of Cambridge,
Prof. Keith
Richards and
Prof.
Stuart Lane- an a
EPSRC grant for £106,502) |
| Assessing accuracies of automated methods of deriving
digital elevation models and estimating
the reliability
of automatically generated DEMs. This is primarily the work of
Mike Gooch, a former
PhD student. |
| Examining potential of hand-held digital photography
to determine grain-size distribution of gravel river beds (Chandler
et al., 2004). Fieldwork was conducted in on the Fraser River in
British Columbia through
Dr
Steve Rice (Dept. Geography) and
Prof. Mike Church (UBC,
Canada). |
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Estimating sediment transport rates by measuring
morphological change in both a
flume
and on large braided river system in the
Canadian Rockies. (In collaboration with Dr P. Ashmore, University
Western Ontario)
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