Spatial Patterns of River Width in the Yukon River Basin

Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Water Cycle

Volumn 9781118872031, Issue , 2014, Pages 131-141

  Pavelsky, Tamlin M ^a   Allen, George H ^a   Miller, Zachary F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Downstream hydraulic geometry (DHG); River width; Width discharge relationships; Yukon River Basin

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATERSHEDS;

BASIN WIDE; DATA SET; DOWN-STREAM; DOWNSTREAM HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; LANDSAT IMAGERY; RIVER WIDTH; SPATIAL PATTERNS; WIDTH-DISCHARGE RELATIONSHIP; YUKON RIVER BASINS;

RIVERS;

EID: 84916916151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118872086.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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