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Drainage Network and Topography

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Distributed Hydrologic Modeling Using GIS

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Little attention has been paid to the dependence of distributed parameter simulations on the resolution of the raster array or the triangular irregular network (TIN). Further, as these models are calibrated at one resolution, the question remains whether the calibrated parameters may be used without adjustment at larger cell sizes. This chapter identifies a scaling relationship of the drainage network derived at one resolution to those obtained at larger resolutions. Implicit in the discharge-scaling relationship is the fractal dimension of the drainage network.

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Vieux, B.E. (2001). Drainage Network and Topography. In: Distributed Hydrologic Modeling Using GIS. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9710-4_7

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