Topographic metrics for improved mapping of forested wetlands

Wetlands

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-155

  Lang, Megan ^a   McCarty, Greg ^b   Oesterling, Robert ^c   Yeo, In Young ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydropattern; Hydroperiod; Inundation; Relief; Topographic wetness index; Wetland mapping

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; COASTAL PLAIN; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; HYDROPERIOD; LIDAR; RELIEF; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WETLAND;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873701909     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-012-0359-8     Document Type: Article

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