Automated grain size measurements from airborne remote sensing for long profile measurements of fluvial grain sizes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Carbonneau, Patrice E ^a,b   Bergeron, Normand ^a   Lane, Stuart N ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES;

AIRBORNE REMOTE SENSING; FLUVIAL GRAIN SIZES; GRAIN SIZE MAPPING; GRAIN SIZE MEASUREMENTS;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

RIVER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AERIAL SURVEY; DIGITAL IMAGE; GRAIN SIZE; RIVER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 29944444111     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR003994     Document Type: Article

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