Testing the transferability of a marsh-inundation model across two landscapes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 600, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-47

  Wei, Anhua ^a   Chow Fraser, Patricia ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DEM; GIS; Inundation; Land use; Water level fluctuation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

INUNDATION; WATER LEVEL FLUCTUATION;

WATER LEVELS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GIS; MARSH; MODEL VALIDATION; TESTING METHOD; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER LEVEL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 40549106189     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9174-2     Document Type: Article

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