Assessment of methods for extracting low-resolution river networks from high-resolution digital data

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-28

  Davies, Helen N ^a   Bell, Victoria A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital terrain model; Drainage network; Flow directions

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT AREA; DATA SETS; DIGITAL DATA; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOW DIRECTION; FLOW DIRECTIONS; FLOW NETWORK; FLOW PATH; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOWER RESOLUTION; NETWORK SCHEME; NETWORK TRACING; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; RIVER FLOW; RIVER NETWORK; SPATIAL DISTANCE; SPATIAL SCALE;

CATCHMENTS; DRAINAGE; RUNOFF; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

RIVERS;

CATCHMENT; DATA SET; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SPATIAL DATA; VECTOR;

EID: 65649090242     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.1.17     Document Type: Article

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