Building channel networks for flat regions in digital elevation models

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 2879-2887

  Zhang, Hua ^a   Huang, Guohe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Channel network; Digital elevation model; Flat region; Flow direction; Interpolation; Radial basis function

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL NETWORK; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLAT REGION; FLOW DIRECTION; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION;

ATTITUDE CONTROL; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; INTERPOLATION; LANDFORMS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

SURVEYING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOW PATTERN; GIS; INTERPOLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; WATERSHED;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70349292931     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7378     Document Type: Article

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