The topographic signature of vegetation development along a braided river: Results of a combined analysis of airborne lidar, color air photographs, and ground measurements

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Bertoldi, W ^a   Gurnell, A M ^a   Drake, N A ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; AIR PHOTOGRAPHS; AIRBORNE LIDAR; BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL FORM; COMBINED ANALYSIS; DIGITAL COLOR; DIGITAL EVOLUTION; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GAMMA FUNCTION; GRAVEL BED; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; JOINT ANALYSIS; LIDAR DATA; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; RIPARIAN TREES; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SECONDARY PEAK; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; STRONG CONTRAST; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION HEIGHT; VEGETATION PROPERTIES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

VEGETATION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COLONIZATION; CORRELATION; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL IMAGE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GEOACCUMULATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; GROWTH RATE; LIDAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ITALY; TAGLIAMENTO RIVER;

EID: 79960048058     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010319     Document Type: Article

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