Quantifying river form variations in the Mississippi Basin using remotely sensed imagery

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4883-4895

  Miller, Z F ^a   Pavelsky, T M ^a   Allen, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYING;

CHANNEL GEOMETRY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY; SPATIAL CHANGES; WIDTH MEASUREMENTS;

RIVERS;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LANDSAT; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER DISCHARGE;

MISSISSIPPI BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916912035     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-4883-2014     Document Type: Article

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