Simple dem-based methods to delineate channel networks for hydrogeomorphological mapping

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-103

  Matsunaga, Kohei ^a   Nakaya, Tomoki ^a   Sugai, Toshihiko ^b  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Channel network; DEM; Hydro geomorphology; Slope angle; Thres hold

Indexed keywords

MAPS;

CHANNEL NETWORK; DEM; FLOW ACCUMULATION; GLOBAL DEM; HYDRO GEOMORPHOLOGY; LOESS PLATEAU; SIMPLE++; SLOPE ANGLES; THRES HOLD; TOPOGRAPHIC MAP;

LANDFORMS;

DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 63149085650     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2009.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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