Effect of topographic data accuracy on water storage environmental service and associated hydrological attributes in South Florida

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 651-661

  Guzha, Alphonce C ^a   Shukla, Sanjay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Elevation; LIDAR; Payment for environmental service

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; PAYMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; WATER CONTROL STRUCTURES;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOODS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; STORMS; WETLANDS;

SURVEYING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; HYDROLOGY; LIDAR; RAINSTORM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876704978     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000430     Document Type: Article

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