Minimizing the grid-resolution dependence of flow-routing algorithms for geomorphic applications

Geomorphology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 91-98

  Pelletier, Jon D ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow routing; Fluvial processes; Numerical modeling; Raster based algorithms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RASTER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 77955282619     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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