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dc.contributor.authorConnor-Streich, Gabrielen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorHenshaw, Alexander J.en_NZ
dc.contributor.authorBrasington, Jamesen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorBertoldi, Walteren_NZ
dc.contributor.authorHarvey, Gemma L.en_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-30T03:08:20Z
dc.date.available2018-09-01en_NZ
dc.date.available2019-08-30T03:08:20Z
dc.date.issued2018en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationConnor-Streich, G., Henshaw, A. J., Brasington, J., Bertoldi, W., & Harvey, G. L. (2018). Let’s get connected: A new graph theory-based approach and toolbox for understanding braided river morphodynamics. WIREs Water, 5(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1296en
dc.identifier.issn2049-1948en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/12811
dc.description.abstractOur understanding of braided river morphodynamics has improved significantly in recent years, however, there are still large knowledge gaps relating to both long‐term and event‐based change in braided river morphologies. Furthermore, we still lack methods that can take full advantage of the increasing availability of remotely sensed datasets that are well suited to braided river research. Network analysis based on graph theory, the mathematics of networks, offers a largely unexplored toolbox that can be applied to remotely sensed data to quantify the structure and function of braided rivers across nearly the full range of spatiotemporal scales relevant to braided river evolution. In this article, important commonalities between braided rivers and other types of complex network are described, providing a compelling argument for the wider uptake of complex network analysis methods in the study of braided rivers. We provide an overview of the extraction of graph representations of braided river networks from remotely sensed data and detail a suite of metrics for quantitative analysis of these networks. Application of these metrics as new tools for multiscale characterization of braided river planforms that improve upon traditional, spatially averaged approaches is discussed and potential approaches to network‐based analysis of braided river dynamics are proposed, drawing on a range of different concepts from braided river research and other network sciences. Finally, the potential for using graph theory metrics to validate numerical models of braided rivers is discussed.
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dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherWileyen_NZ
dc.rightsThis is an author’s accepted version of an article published in the journal: WIREs Water. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc
dc.subjectScience & Technologyen_NZ
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicineen_NZ
dc.subjectPhysical Sciencesen_NZ
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciencesen_NZ
dc.subjectWater Resourcesen_NZ
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciences & Ecologyen_NZ
dc.subjectbraided riversen_NZ
dc.subjectgraph theoryen_NZ
dc.subjectnetwork analysisen_NZ
dc.subjectmorphodynamicsen_NZ
dc.subjectEarth Observationen_NZ
dc.subjectnumerical modellingen_NZ
dc.subjectcomplex systemsen_NZ
dc.subjectFROM-MOTION PHOTOGRAMMETRYen_NZ
dc.subjectSOUTH SASKATCHEWAN RIVERen_NZ
dc.subjectNETWORK-BASED FRAMEWORKen_NZ
dc.subjectGRAVEL-BEDen_NZ
dc.subjectJAMUNA RIVERen_NZ
dc.subjectCHANNEL MORPHOLOGYen_NZ
dc.subjectCOMPLEX NETWORKSen_NZ
dc.subjectRIPARIAN VEGETATIONen_NZ
dc.subjectTAGLIAMENTO RIVERen_NZ
dc.subjectISLAND FORMATIONen_NZ
dc.titleLet's get connected: A new graph theory-based approach and toolbox for understanding braided river morphodynamicsen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/wat2.1296en_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfWIREs Wateren_NZ
pubs.elements-id223837
pubs.issue5en_NZ
pubs.publication-statusPublisheden_NZ
pubs.volume5en_NZ
uow.identifier.article-noARTN e1296


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