Monitoring and modelling particle and reach-scale morphological change in gravel-bed rivers: Applications and challenges

Geomorphology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 40-54

  Rumsby, B T ^a   Brasington, J ^b   Langham, J A ^a   McLelland, S J ^a   Middleton, R ^a   Rollinson, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEM; Flume; GPS; Gravel bed; Laser altimetry; Photogrammetry

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; ALTIMETRY; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; FLOODPLAIN; FLUME EXPERIMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GPS; GRAVEL BED STREAM; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LASER METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 35648950714     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.12.017     Document Type: Article

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