Hydrogeomorphic edge detection and delineation of landscape functional units from lidar digital elevation models

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Richardson, Murray C ^a   Fortin, M J ^b   Branfireun, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRIBUTING AREAS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN ANALYSIS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRAINAGE CONDITION; DRAINAGE POTENTIAL; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; FIRST-ORDER; FLOW PATH; FORESTED WETLANDS; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; HILLSLOPES; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDROGEOMORPHIC; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LANDSCAPE UNITS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MEAN RATIO; MODEL-BASED; NEAR-SURFACE; ONTARIO; PROCESS-ORIENTED; RAPID CHANGES; REGRESSION MODEL; RUNOFF GENERATION; SLOPE GEOMETRY; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TOPOGRAPHIC WETNESS INDEX;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; DISSOLUTION; EDGE DETECTION; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; OPTICAL RADAR; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVEYING; TANNING; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CATENA; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; DRAINAGE; ECOHYDROLOGY; FLOW MODELING; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LIDAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; WATERSHED;

BOREAL SHIELD; CANADA; HALIBURTON; MUSKOKA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 72149119053     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007518     Document Type: Article

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