Delineation of lakes and reservoirs in large river basins: An example of the Yangtze River Basin, China

Geomorphology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-102

  Yang, Xiankun ^a   Lu, X X ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Landsat TM ETM+ imagery; Remote sensing; Reservoir storage capacity; Reservoirs; Water bodies; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

LAKE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; RESERVOIR; RIVER BASIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CHINA; HAN RIVER [HUBEI-SHAANXI]; JIANGXI; JINSHA RIVER; POYANG LAKE; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84876130867     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.02.018     Document Type: Article

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