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Bankfull width detection QGIS 4 compatibility
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Not yet — the latest version declares max QGIS version 3.99.0, so it is not offered to QGIS 4 users.
Automatic bankfull level and width detection from DTM cross-sections
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Detects the bankfull level of river cross-sections sampled from a DTM with the maximum hydraulic depth method (A/W) described in: De Rosa, P., Fredduzzi, A., Cencetti, C. (2019). A GIS-based tool for automatic bankfull detection from airborne high resolution DEM. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 8(11), 480. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8110480. The A/W curve is smoothed with a cross-validated smoothing spline in pure Python (numpy/scipy): R and rpy2 are no longer needed. The optional "thalweg" handling of multiple wet polygons follows an idea of HydXS (Garber and Thompson 2024, Water Resources Research, doi 10.1029/2023WR035269). The tools are available as Processing algorithms.
| Author | Pierluigi De Rosa |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 66 |
| Latest version | 2.0.1 |
| Last updated | 2026-11-10 (2 days ago) |
| Min QGIS | 3.34.0 |
| Max QGIS | 3.99.0 |
| QGIS 4 ready | No |
| Maintenance | Active |
| Categories | Hydrology & water, Raster & terrain |
| Tags | river, bankfull, cross-section, dtm, hydraulics, geomorphology, processing |
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