Stephanie Johnson (Houston Engineering, Inc.) describes how hydro DEMs can be used in terrain analysis to prioritize nonpoint source management areas.
Sponsored by the "Conservation Applications of LiDAR" project: z.umn.edu/lidar.
Content:
1:00 Prerequisites for terrain analyses.
2:28 Overview of landscape prioritization using terrain analysis
3:11 Stream Power Index (SPI)
4:20 SPI example
7:36 Revised Universal Soil Loss Equality (RUSLE)
8:38 RUSLE example
9:47 Field verification
10:18 Using the metrics for prioritization
12:44 Combining these with other analyses
