Large Rivers from Space

Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 535-552

  Mertes, Leal A K ^a   Tamuka Magadzire, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USGS FEWS NET Regional Representative for Southern Africa   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Arcuate and natural looking patterns; Computationally derived drainage networks; Continental scale tectonic deformation controls; Field measurements and hydrodynamic modelling; Interferometric radar based measurements; Landscape elements and geomorphic landforms; Remote sensing images; Satellite derived surface suspended sediment concentrations

Indexed keywords

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ARCUATE AND NATURAL LOOKING PATTERNS; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELLING; INTERFEROMETRIC RADARS; LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84889389524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470723722.ch25     Document Type: Chapter

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