Mapping stream surface flow types by balloon: An inexpensive high resolution remote sensing solution to rapid assessment of stream habitat heterogeneity?

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 328, Issue , 2009, Pages 62-67

  Reid, Michael A ^a   Thoms, Martin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydraulic habitat; Remotely sensed data; River habitat heterogeneity; Surface flow types

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDERS; FLOW TYPE; HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING; HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS; HYDRAULIC HABITATS; OBLIQUE VIEW; POTENTIAL VALUES; RAPID ASSESSMENT; RAPID METHOD; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; RIVER-HABITATS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STREAM BANKS; STREAM HABITATS; STREAM SURFACE; SURFACE FLOW; SURFACE FLOW TYPES; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS; WATER SURFACE;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAPPING; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; RATING; REMOTE SENSING; VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDERS;

RIVERS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; HABITAT QUALITY; HETEROGENEITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; VIDEOGRAPHY;

EID: 78951495046     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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