Floodplain morphometry extraction from a high-resolution digital elevation model: A simple algorithm for regional analysis studies

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 410-413

  Dodov, B A ^a   Foufoula Georgiou, ^b  

^a Applied Insurance Research   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model (DEM); Floodplain; Geomorphologic analysis; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGIC ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33746644212     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2006.874161     Document Type: Article

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