Abstract
This dataset accompanies the paper "Quantifying bed surface roughness in bedrock and boulder-bed rivers" and includes river geometry and surface roughness data for the 20 bedrock and boulder-bed rivers.
Nomenclature:
Zµ = Surface Elevation Mean Deviation
Zσ = Surface Elevation Standard Deviation
ZR = Surface Elevation Range
Zsk = Surface Elevation Skewness
Zku = Surface Elevation Kurtosis
Ii = Inclination Index
Λf = Frontal Solidity
ES = Effective Slope
αR = Frontal Aspect Ratio
MB[Zσ,bp] = Bandpass Multiscale Metric-Break Point for Surface Elevation Standard Deviation
WB[Zσ,bp] = Bandpass Multiscale Window-Break Point for Surface Elevation Standard Deviation
MB[Zσ] = Multiscale Metric-Break Point for Surface Elevation Standard Deviation
WB[Zσ] = Multiscale Window-Break Point for Surface Elevation Standard Deviation
H[Zσ] = Multiscale Hurst Exponent for Surface Elevation Standard Deviation
Sl,µ = Local Slope Mean
Sl,σ = Local Slope Standard Deviation
MB[Sl,σ] = Multiscale Metric-Break Point for Local Slope Standard Deviation
WB[Sl,σ] = Multiscale Window-Break Point for Local Slope Standard Deviation
H[Sl,σ] = Multiscale Hurst Exponent for Local Slope Standard Deviation
Ruµ = Rugosity, Mean
Ruσ = Rugosity, Standard Deviation
MB[Ruσ] = Multiscale Metric-Break Point for Rugosity Standard Deviation
WB[Ruσ] = Multiscale Window-Break Point for Rugosity Standard Deviation
H[Ruσ] = Multiscale Hurst Exponent for Rugosity Standard Deviation
κµ = Surface Curvature Mean
κσ = Surface Curvature Standard Deviation
MB[κσ] = Multiscale Metric-Break Point for Curvature Standard Deviation
WB[κσ] = Multiscale Window-Break Point for Curvature Standard Deviation
H[κσ] = Multiscale Hurst Exponent for Curvature Standard Deviation