On channel network fractal properties: A case of study of the Hutt River basin, New Zealand

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3375-3384

  Nikora, Vladimir ^a   Ibbitt, Richard ^a   Shankar, Ude ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL NETWORK; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; NETWORK PROPERTY; RIVER BASIN; THRESHOLD AREA;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, HUTT RIVER;

CATCHMENTS; FRACTALS; LAMINATES; RIVERS; SCALING LAWS; SURVEYING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FRACTAL PROPERTIES; NETWORK PROPERTIES; SCALING PROPERTIES; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS; SELF-AFFINE FRACTAL OBJECTS; SELF-AFFINE SCALING; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 0030302120     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR02396     Document Type: Article

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