A new multiscale flow network generation scheme for land surface models

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Guo, Jianzhong ^a   Liang, Xu ^a   Leung, L Ruby ^b  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DEM; Flow network; GIS; Multiscale; Routing

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROLOGY; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

EIGHT DIRECTIONS (D8) METHOD; HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS; SCALING FACTORS; TORTUOSITY COEFFICIENTS;

LAND USE;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; LAND SURFACE; RESOLUTION; RUNOFF; SPATIAL DATA; STREAMFLOW;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16644371696     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021381     Document Type: Article

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