From 2253d4321b0a8e5120daac489928e6826d1bbaf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joseph Wheaton Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 16:03:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updates to Homepage --- docs/index.md | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index c8b5115..4020128 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -1,6 +1,33 @@ --- -title: Home +title: RIM - Riverscapes Inundation Mapper weight: 1 --- -This tool was developed to aid in the efficient mapping of structurally forced inundation patterns in beaver impacted riverscapes. \ No newline at end of file + + +The **Riverscapes Inundation Mapper** Tool, or **RIM**, was developed as part of Karen Barelt's Thesis ([Bartelt et al. 2021](https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/8226/)) to aid in the efficient mapping of structurally forced inundation patterns in beaver impacted riverscapes. +
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+*The contrast in inundation paterns and types in undammed (top) and dammed (bottom) situations, across dramatically different riverscape settings (left to right) produces a strikingly similar impact. That is, at the same baseflows, inundation is increased from 2 to 7 fold with a greater diversity of flow types (i.e. more ponded and overflow areas instead of just free flowing).* + +### A Riverscapes Consortium Tool + + + + +**RIM** [0.0.2](https://github.com/Riverscapes/RIM/releases/tag/v0.0.2) as published here, is a BETA [research-grade tool](https://riverscapes.net/Tools/discrimination.html#research-grade). It is a mix of Python and R with ArcPY depencies. It has been successfully deployed by others, but is finicky to deploy. + +Development of RIM has shifted from its own ArcToolbox into a Protocol implemented as part of data capture events in Riverscapes Studio for QGIS or [QRiS](https://qris.riverscapes.net/) thanks to support from the USFS and NOAA. + + + + +The types of beaver dam building activity impacting riverscapes that RIM was designed to capture and distill: +
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+ +## References + +- Bartelt K. 2021. Valley Bottom Inundation Patterns in Beaver-Modified Streams: A Potential Proxy for Hydrologic Inefficiency, Masters Thesis, Utah State University: Logan, UT. Available from: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/8226