Evaluation of surface features for delineating the ordinary high water boundary on playas in the arid Western United States

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-80

  Lichvar, Robert W ^a   Ochs, Walter R ^a   Gaines, Sarah M ^b  

^a US Army Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b US Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco   (United States)

Author keywords

Delineation; LiDAR; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; LIDAR; PLAYA; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55949106369     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/06-107.1     Document Type: Article

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