| dc.contributor.author | Vermeulen, B | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hoitink, AJF | |
| dc.contributor.author | Zolezzi, G | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abad, JD | |
| dc.contributor.author | Aalto, R | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-23T14:42:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-04-16 | |
| dc.description.abstract | .River meander planforms can be described based on wavelet analysis, but an objective method to identify the main characteristics of a meander planform over all spatial scales is yet to be found. Here we show how a set of simple metrics representing meander shape can be retrieved from a continuous wavelet transform of a planform geometry. We construct a synoptic multiple looping tree to establish the meander structure, revealing the embedding of dominant meander scales in larger-scale loops. The method can be applied beyond the case of rivers to unravel the meandering structure of lava flows, turbidity currents, tidal channels, rivulets, supraglacial streams, and extraterrestrial flows. | en_GB |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This research was supported by
the Royal Netherlands Academy of
Arts and Sciences (KNAW), project
SPIN3-JRP-29, and by NWO-WOTRO
Science for Global Development,
project WT76-269. We thank Meinhard
Bayani Cardenas, the Associate Editor,
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Jon Schwenk,
and one anonymous reviewer for
their comments and suggestions.
The data used in this study can be
obtained by contacting the corresponding
author. The processing
routines can be downloaded at
https://github.com/bartverm/
meanderscribe.git. | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 43, pp. 3288 - 3297 | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/2016GL068238 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/24566 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
| dc.publisher | American Geophysical Union (AGU) | en_GB |
| dc.rights | ©2016. The Authors.
This is an open access article under the
terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
License, which permits use and
distribution in any medium, provided
the original work is properly cited, the
use is non-commercial and no
modifications or adaptations are made | en_GB |
| dc.title | Multiscale structure of meanders | en_GB |
| dc.type | Article | en_GB |
| dc.date.available | 2016-11-23T14:42:34Z | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0094-8276 | |
| dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available from the publisher via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.journal | Geophysical Research Letters | en_GB |
