On the prediction of channel heads in a complex alpine terrain using gridded elevation data

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Orlandini, Stefano ^a   Tarolli, Paolo ^b   Moretti, Giovanni ^a   Dalla Fontana, Giancarlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE TERRAIN; CHANNEL INITIATION; COMPREHENSIVE METHOD; DRAINAGE AREA; DRAINAGE BASIN; ELEVATION DATA; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GRID CELL SIZE; GRID CELLS; LIDAR SURVEYS; RELIABILITY AND SENSITIVITY; SLOPE FUNCTIONS; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE FLOW; SURFACE RUNOFFS; THRESHOLD CONDITION;

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; OPTICAL RADAR;

FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; DRAINAGE BASIN; GROUNDWATER; LIDAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEEPAGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLOPE; TERRAIN; THRESHOLD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 79952267678     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009648     Document Type: Article

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