Improvement of streams hydro-geomorphological assessment using LiDAR DEMs

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1808-1821

  Biron, Pascale M ^a   Choné, Guénolé ^a   Buffin Bélanger, Thomas ^b   Demers, Sylvio ^b   Olsen, Taylor ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

GIS; River dynamics; River management; Unit stream power; Water surface slope

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RIVERS; SURVEYING; TOOLS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFERENTIAL GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EXTRACTION ALGORITHMS; RIVER DYNAMICS; RIVER MANAGEMENT; UNIT STREAM POWER; WATER SURFACE;

OPTICAL RADAR;

ALGORITHM; BANK EROSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIDAR; RIVER BED; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM; WATERSHED;

CANADA; MATANE RIVER; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84897095734     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3425     Document Type: Article

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