Assessing resolution and source effects of digital elevation models on automated floodplain delineation: A case study from the Camp Creek Watershed, Missouri

Applied Geography

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-46

  Charrier, Richard ^a   Li, Yingkui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated floodplain delineation; Camp creek watershed; Digital elevation model (DEM); Gis; Resolution and data source effects

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOODPLAIN; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GIS; LIDAR; RESOLUTION; WATERSHED;

CAMP CREEK [MISSOURI]; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80355131693     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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