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Stream Channel and Floodplain Metric Toolbox

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2018

Citation

Hopkins, K.G., Lamont, S., Claggett, P.R., Noe, G.B., Gellis, A.C., Lawrence, C.B., Metes, M.J., Strager, M.P., and Strager, J.M., 2018, Stream Channel and Floodplain Metric Toolbox: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7X34WF4.

Summary

NOTE: the Stream Channel and Floodplain Metric Toolbox has been superseded by a newer tool, FACET. The Stream Channel and Floodplain Metric Toolbox was developed to demonstrate the feasibility of mapping fluvial geomorphic features from high-resolution bare-earth elevation data. A Python toolbox for ArcGIS was built to calculate key metrics describing channel and floodplain geometry. Channel and Floodplain Metric Toolbox provides this ability in an automated fashion, allowing for regional analyses based solely on digital elevation models (DEMs). This manual describes the general operation of the toolbox and technical details describing the specific algorithms. The toolbox works best in a watershed no larger than HUC 10 (< 1,000 sq. [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Kristina G Hopkins, South Atlantic Water Science Center
Originator :
Kristina G Hopkins, Samuel Lamont, Peter R Claggett, Gregory B. Noe, Allen C Gellis, Collin B Lawrence, Marina J Metes, Michael P Strager, Jacquelyn M Strager
Metadata Contact :
Kristina G Hopkins, South Atlantic Water Science Center
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources
SDC Data Owner :
South Atlantic Water Science Center

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Toolbox_Metadata.xml
“Metadata”
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View 		7.95 KB application/fgdc+xml
USGS_StreamChannelToolbox_04.2018.zip
“Stream Channel and Floodplain Metric Toolbox, version 1” 		30.37 MB application/zip
Toolbox_UserGuide_FINAL_04.25.2018.pdf
“Instructional Guide” 		662.87 KB application/pdf

Purpose

The Stream Channel and Floodplain Metric Toolbox was developed to demonstrate the feasibility of mapping fluvial geomorphic features from high-resolution bare-earth elevation data.

Rights

This software has been approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Although the software has been subjected to rigorous review, the USGS reserves the right to update the software as needed pursuant to further analysis and review. No warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS or the U.S. Government as to the functionality of the software and related material nor shall the fact of release constitute any such warranty. Furthermore, the software is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the U.S. Government shall be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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  • Chesapeake and Delaware Floodplain Network
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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/F7X34WF4

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