Patterns of river width and surface area revealed by the satellite-derived North American River Width data set

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 395-402

  Allen, George H ^a   Pavelsky, Tamlin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

fluvial geomorphology; hydrologic scaling; remote sensing; river channels; river surface area; river width

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; REMOTE SENSING;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGIC SCALING; RIVER CHANNELS; SURFACE AREA; TOTAL SURFACE AREA;

RIVERS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; DATABASE; DISCHARGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW PATTERN; LANDSAT; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER WATER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE AREA;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84923377107     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062764     Document Type: Article

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