Importance of DTM accuracy, precision and acquisition technique for estimating contributing areas of post-fire erosion at the slope and catchment scale

Wildfires are a frequent phenomenon in Portugal, affecting over 300.000 ha in dry years like 2003 and 2005. Directly and/or indirectly, wildfires can strongly enhance the hydrological response and associated sediment losses and, thereby, negatively affect land-use sustainability as well as ecosystem...

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Main Author: Cambra, S. (author)
Other Authors: Pereira, L. (author), Keizer, J. (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/9260
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/9260