Technical Note: Semi-automated effective width extraction from time-lapse RGB imagery of a remote, braided Greenlandic river

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2963-2969

  Gleason, C J ^a   Smith, L C ^a   Finnegan, D C ^b   LeWinter, A L ^b   Pitcher, L H ^a   Chu, V W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

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EID: 84934343552     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-2963-2015     Document Type: Article

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