fluvgeo

An R Package for Performing Fluvial Geomrphology Analysis

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Description

This package contains a wide range of functions for performing fluvial geomorphic analysis. This R package is designed for use with the FluvialGeomorph ArcGIS toolbox. The FluvialGeomorph ArcGIS toolbox contains an tools that can be used to extract spatial data from high-resolution terrain data. The FluvialGeomorph ArcGIS toolbox depends on functions in this package to perform a wide range of fluvial geomorphic analysis:

• Calculate stream channel dimensions
• Calculate stream planform dimensions
• Produce reports of stream channel and planform dimensions
• Tools for choosing a bankfull elevation for ungaged streams

Funding

Funding for development and maintenance of FluvialGeomorph has been provided by the following US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) programs:

• Ecosystem Management and Restoration Research Program (EMRRP).
• Regional Sediment Management Program (RSM)
• Mississippi River Geomorphology and Potamology Program (MRG&P)
• Flood Risk Management Program (FRM)
• Engineering With Nature (EWN)

Latest Updates

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Authors

• Michael Dougherty, Geographer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1465-5927
• Christopher Haring, Fluvial Geomorphologist/Research Physical Scientist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Barrie Chileen Martinez, Geographer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6960-8167

Install

To install the fluvgeo package, install from GitHub using the devtools package:

remotes::install_github(repo = "FluvialGeomorph/fluvgeo@*release")

Bug Reports

If you find any bugs using fluvgeo, please open an issue.