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FLUNETS is a tool to extract and order fluvial network from a Digital Elevation Model (DEM). The aim is to provide a continuous fluvial network, where the value of each river remains the same from the confluence upstream to the headwater. Refer to paper published in Geographia Technica for additional details: http://technicalgeography.org/pdf/2_2018/09_pastor.pdf. If you use these functions for a publication, please cite the linked paper.
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For more information on FLUNETS, please contact:
Candela Pastor cpastor [at] pas.uned.es
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FLUNETS requires Matlab 2011b or higher version and the Image Processing Toolbox. FLUNETS internally uses TopoToolbox functions (DOI: 10.5194/esurf-2-1-2014) to calculate flow-related matrices derived from the DEM. It requires to download TopoToolbox:(https://github.com/wschwanghart/topotoolbox).
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The main script is FLUNETS_main.m. In FLUNETS_main.m, is where the stream_ordering_tools and TopoToolbox paths are set. Also is where the input data is specified.
The output files are an ordered drainage network given as a raster format and a CSV file with descriptive data of the network, such as the accumulation value of each river, the distance to the headwater, the length of the river, the drainage area, etc.
Fo more info, read the user-guide file.