An assessment of the degree to which Landsat TM data can support the assessment of fluvial dynamics, as revealed by changes in vegetation extent and channel position, along a large river

Geomorphology

Volumn 202, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-85

  Henshaw, Alexander J ^a   Gurnell, Angela M ^a   Bertoldi, Walter ^b   Drake, Nick A ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluvial processes; Landsat; Remote sensing; Tagliamento; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL PROCESS; GRAVEL BED STREAM; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SATELLITE DATA; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ITALY; TAGLIAMENTO RIVER;

EID: 84886582210     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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