Remote sensing of broad-scale controls on large river anabranching

• Published in: Remote Sensing of Environment
• Main Authors: Wang, Bo, Smith, Laurence C., Yang, Xiao, Pavelsky, Tamlin M., Altenau, Elizabeth H., Gleason, Colin J., Pietroniro, Alain, Rodriguez, Ernesto, Bates, Paul D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Anabranching river; Avulsion; Large river; Remote sensing application; SWOT; Kolyma; Yenisey; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1983/5cbd17c5-e2bf-4def-a17b-9067e9204e54; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/5cbd17c5-e2bf-4def-a17b-9067e9204e54; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113243

Highlights Landsat images capture detailed river anabranching in the 20 world's large rivers. ∼49% of studied large-river mainstems are anabranching. Low water surface slopes and wide floodplains are main factors for anabranching. Substrate lithology, permafrost, and upland sedimentation are co...