Candidate Channel Initiation Sites
We seek the upslope-most points that meet all criteria.
We further require that “channel-indicative” topography persist along a flow path for some specified distance (e.g., at least 30m).
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We’re finding that we cannot resolve all channel initiation sites, even with 1-m LiDAR. For example, channels that appear within wetlands don’t have much topographic signature. So we added the ability to specify specific channel initiation points using a point shapefile.