Background

Synopsis of Topic

This lecture is intended to highlight some of the ways in which change detection can be used to explore geomorphic questions. 

Why we're Covering it

It is easy to forget as we've focused so much on methods and software why we do geomorphic change detection in the first place. We do it to get a better understanding of the systems we are studying and to test specific hypotheses. 

Learning Outcomes Supported

This topic will help fulfill the following primary learning outcome(s) for the workshop:

• Methods for interpreting and segregating morphological sediment budgets quantitatively in terms of both geomorphic processes and changes in physical habitat
• An opportunity to interact with experts on geomorphic monitoring and the software developers of GCD to help you make better use of your own data

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Resources

Slides and/or Handouts

•  Lecture  

Relevant or Cited Literature

• Wheaton JM, Brasington J, Darby SE, Merz JE, Pasternack GB, Sear DA and Vericat D‡. 2010. Linking Geomorphic Changes to Salmonid Habitat at a Scale Relevant to Fish. River Research and Applications.26: 469-486. DOI: 10.1002/rra.1305.
• Wheaton JM, Brasington J, Darby SE, Sear DA, Vericat D‡., and Kasprak A*. 2013. Morphodynamic signatures of braiding mechanisms as expressed through change in sediment storage in a gravel-bed river. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface. DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20060.
• Erwin, SO, Schmidt, JC, Wheaton, JM and Wilcock, PR. 2012. Closing a sediment budget for a reconfigured reach of the Provo River, Utah, United States. Water Resources Research. 48: WR10512. DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011035.
• Wheaton JM, Brasington J, Darby SE, Merz JE, Pasternack GB, Sear DA and Vericat D‡. 2010. Linking Geomorphic Changes to Salmonid Habitat at a Scale Relevant to Fish. River Research and Applications.26: 469-486. DOI: 10.1002/rra.1305.
• Merz, JE, Pasternack, GB, and Wheaton, JM, 2006. Sediment budget for salmonid spawning habitat rehabilitation in a regulated river. Geomorphology. 76(1-2): 207-228. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.11.004.

Relevant Links

• Columbia Habitat Monitoring Program
  

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