Multiscalar model for the determination of spatially explicit riparian vegetation roughness

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-83

  Manners, Rebecca ^a   Schmidt, John ^a,b   Wheaton, Joseph M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; ROUGHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE;

COLORADO; GREEN RIVER; UNITED STATES; YAMPA RIVER;

DINOSAURIA; TAMARICACEAE;

EID: 84877649209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002188     Document Type: Article

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