Using LiDAR data to map gullies and headwater streams under forest canopy: South Carolina, USA

Catena

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 132-144

  James, L Allan ^a   Watson, Darrell Glen ^a   Hansen, William F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b US Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Forest channel networks; Gully morphology; LiDAR mapping; Soil erosion; South Carolina Piedmont

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; FILTER; FOREST CANOPY; GULLY EROSION; HEADWATER; LASER; LIDAR; MORPHOMETRY; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; RILL; SOFTWARE; SOIL EROSION; TOPOLOGY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547092965     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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