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Title: | Automated riverine landscape characterization: GIS-based tools for watershed-scale research, assessment, and management | Contributor(s): | Williams, Bradley S (author); D'Amico, Ellen (author); Kastens, Jude H (author); Thorp, James H (author); Flotemersch, Joseph E (author); Thoms, Martin (author) | Publication Date: | 2013 | DOI: | 10.1007/s10661-013-3114-6 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20424 | Abstract: | River systems consist of hydrogeomorphic patches (HPs) that emerge at multiple spatiotemporal scales. Functional process zones (FPZs) are HPs that exist at the river valley scale and are important strata for framing whole-watershed research questions and management plans. Hierarchical classification procedures aid in HP identification by grouping sections of river based on their hydrogeomorphic character; however, collecting data required for such procedures with field-based methods is often impractical. We developed a set of GIS-based tools that facilitate rapid, low cost riverine landscape characterization and FPZ classification. Our tools, termed RESonate, consist of a custom toolbox designed for ESRI ArcGIS®. RESonate automatically extracts 13 hydrogeomorphic variables from readily available geospatial datasets and datasets derived from modeling procedures. An advanced 2D flood model, FLDPLN, designed for MATLAB® is used to determine valley morphology by systematically flooding river networks. When used in conjunction with other modeling procedures, RESonate and FLDPLN can assess the character of large river networks quickly and at very low costs. Here we describe tool and model functions in addition to their benefits, limitations, and applications. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 185(9), p. 7485-7499 | Publisher: | Springer Netherlands | Place of Publication: | Netherlands | ISSN: | 1573-2959 0167-6369 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 040699 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified 040607 Surface Processes |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 370999 Physical geography and environmental geoscience not elsewhere classified 370901 Geomorphology and earth surface processes |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960699 Environmental and Natural Resource Evaluation not elsewhere classified 970105 Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280111 Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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