Evaluation of ASTER GDEM and SRTM and their suitability in hydraulic modelling of a glacial lake outburst flood in southeast Tibet

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-225

  Wang, Weicai ^a,b   Yang, Xiaoxin ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

ASTER GDEM; Glacial lake outburst flood; HEC RAS; Hydraulic modelling; SRTM

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; ANALYSIS SYSTEM; ASTER GDEM; CENTRE LINE; CROSS SECTION; DEM DATUM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOOD MODELLING; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOOD ZONES; GEOMETRIC DATA; GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD; GLACIAL LAKES; HEC-RAS; HIGH PRECISION; HIGH QUALITY; HYDRAULIC SIMULATION; MEAN WATER DEPTH; PEAK DISCHARGE; POSITION SYSTEMS; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SRTM; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA; VALLEY FLOOR;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; ERRORS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LAKES; RADAR REFLECTION; RATING; TRACKING RADAR;

SURVEYING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASTER; CROSS SECTION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISCHARGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOODPLAIN; GLACIAL LAKE; GPS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; OUTBURST; PREDICTION; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION;

CHINA; XIZANG;

EID: 84855426437     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8127     Document Type: Article

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