How large is the Upper Indus Basin? The pitfalls of auto-delineation using DEMs

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 509, Issue , 2014, Pages 442-453

  Khan, Asif ^a   Richards, Keith S ^a   Parker, Geoffrey T ^a   McRobie, Allan ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Biswajit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JACOBS ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated basin delineation; Closed lake basins; Digital elevation models; Upper Indus Basin

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FILLING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ITERATIVE METHODS; RUNOFF; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR; WATERSHEDS;

AUTOMATED BASIN DELINEATION; CLOSED LAKES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; UPPER INDUS BASIN; WATERSHED DELINEATION;

CATCHMENTS;

ASTER; CATCHMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE BASIN; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; INTERNET; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SOFTWARE; WATERSHED;

BESHAM; CHINA; INDUS BASIN; KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA; PAKISTAN; PANGONG LAKE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84890848175     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.11.028     Document Type: Article

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