A new GRASS GIS toolkit for Hortonian analysis of drainage networks

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1162-1173

  Jasiewicz, Jarosaw ^a   Metz, Markus ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basin delineation; Drainage network; GRASS GIS; Hortonian analysis; Multiple flow direction; Network extraction; Network topology

Indexed keywords

BASIN DELINEATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GRASS GIS; HORTONIAN ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE FLOWS; NETWORK TOPOLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY;

DRAINAGE;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GIS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE;

HORTONIA;

EID: 79960896619     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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