In situ characterization of grain-scale fluvial morphology using Terrestrial Laser Scanning

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 954-968

  Hodge, Rebecca ^a   Brasington, James ^b   Richards, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gravel bed river; Point cloud; Sediment surface morphology; Terrain modelling; Terrestrial Laser Scanning

Indexed keywords

GRAVEL-BED RIVER; POINT CLOUD; SEDIMENT SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; TERRAIN MODELLING; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING;

GRAVEL; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MORPHOLOGY; RIVER CONTROL; SCANNING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEBECK EFFECT; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; COMPLEXITY; DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; LASER METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; RIVER BED; RIVER SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 69249229708     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1780     Document Type: Article

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