{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2022609859","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02693799608902092","title":"Technical Note The<i>b</i>-function and variable stream buffer mapping: a note on \u2018A GIS method for riparian water quality buffer generation\u2019","display_name":"Technical Note The<i>b</i>-function and variable stream buffer mapping: a note on \u2018A GIS method for riparian water quality buffer generation\u2019","publication_year":1996,"publication_date":"1996-06-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2022609859","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02693799608902092","mag":"2022609859"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/02693799608902092","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02693799608902092","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210181446","display_name":"International Journal of Geographical Information Systems","issn_l":"0269-3798","issn":["0269-3798","1362-3087"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International journal of geographical information systems","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5104064593","display_name":"Wei\u2010Ning Xiang","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I102149020","display_name":"University of North Carolina at Charlotte","ror":"https://ror.org/04dawnj30","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I102149020"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Wei-Ning Xiang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Geography and Earth Sciences , University of North Carolina at Charlotte , Charlotte, NC, 28223, U.S.A"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Geography and Earth Sciences , University of North Carolina at Charlotte , Charlotte, NC, 28223, U.S.A","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102149020"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5061290113","display_name":"Wendy Lee Stratton","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I102149020","display_name":"University of North Carolina at Charlotte","ror":"https://ror.org/04dawnj30","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I102149020"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wendy Lee Stratton","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Geography and Earth Sciences , University of North Carolina at Charlotte , Charlotte, NC, 28223, U.S.A"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Geography and Earth Sciences , University of North Carolina at Charlotte , Charlotte, NC, 28223, U.S.A","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102149020"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5104064593"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102149020"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.0573,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":11,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.89477185,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"10","issue":"4","first_page":"499","last_page":"510"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11634","display_name":"Water Quality and Pollution Assessment","score":0.9940999746322632,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2312","display_name":"Water Science and Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11634","display_name":"Water Quality and Pollution Assessment","score":0.9940999746322632,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2312","display_name":"Water Science and Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12697","display_name":"Water Quality Monitoring Technologies","score":0.9847999811172485,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2312","display_name":"Water Science and Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14249","display_name":"Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis","score":0.9621999859809875,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2311","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/buffer","display_name":"Buffer (optical fiber)","score":0.7965205907821655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/variable","display_name":"Variable (mathematics)","score":0.6975523233413696},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/riparian-buffer","display_name":"Riparian buffer","score":0.6942296028137207},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/buffer-zone","display_name":"Buffer zone","score":0.6368351578712463},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/raster-graphics","display_name":"Raster graphics","score":0.6048544049263},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/function","display_name":"Function (biology)","score":0.5821702480316162},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5804005861282349},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/raster-data","display_name":"Raster data","score":0.4818940758705139},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quality","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","score":0.46426913142204285},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/circular-buffer","display_name":"Circular buffer","score":0.42293331027030945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/riparian-zone","display_name":"Riparian zone","score":0.3109514117240906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.24134811758995056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-graphics","display_name":"Computer graphics (images)","score":0.24121195077896118},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/geography","display_name":"Geography","score":0.14577236771583557},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ecology","display_name":"Ecology","score":0.1447448432445526},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.08794945478439331},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.07850649952888489},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/physics","display_name":"Physics","score":0.07709535956382751}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145018004","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4985944","display_name":"Buffer (optical fiber)","level":2,"score":0.7965205907821655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C182365436","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50701","display_name":"Variable (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.6975523233413696},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777659741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7335563","display_name":"Riparian buffer","level":4,"score":0.6942296028137207},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778043458","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1054581","display_name":"Buffer zone","level":2,"score":0.6368351578712463},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C181844469","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182270","display_name":"Raster graphics","level":2,"score":0.6048544049263},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14036430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3736076","display_name":"Function (biology)","level":2,"score":0.5821702480316162},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5804005861282349},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2692088","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182270","display_name":"Raster data","level":3,"score":0.4818940758705139},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779530757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207505","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.46426913142204285},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C85686653","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1224994","display_name":"Circular buffer","level":2,"score":0.42293331027030945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11731853","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13360049","display_name":"Riparian zone","level":3,"score":0.3109514117240906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.24134811758995056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121684516","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7600677","display_name":"Computer graphics (images)","level":1,"score":0.24121195077896118},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.14577236771583557},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.1447448432445526},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.08794945478439331},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.07850649952888489},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.07709535956382751},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185933670","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52105","display_name":"Habitat","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78458016","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840400","display_name":"Evolutionary biology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134306372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7754","display_name":"Mathematical analysis","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1080/02693799608902092","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02693799608902092","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210181446","display_name":"International Journal of Geographical Information Systems","issn_l":"0269-3798","issn":["0269-3798","1362-3087"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International journal of geographical information systems","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.5400000214576721,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/6","display_name":"Clean water and sanitation"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":29,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W181107242","https://openalex.org/W593344837","https://openalex.org/W607716701","https://openalex.org/W1544752055","https://openalex.org/W1970608706","https://openalex.org/W1990730577","https://openalex.org/W1997077768","https://openalex.org/W2000190440","https://openalex.org/W2003938193","https://openalex.org/W2004334940","https://openalex.org/W2011048646","https://openalex.org/W2023460457","https://openalex.org/W2023924601","https://openalex.org/W2050291389","https://openalex.org/W2050889613","https://openalex.org/W2051008685","https://openalex.org/W2054711117","https://openalex.org/W2059371952","https://openalex.org/W2091171612","https://openalex.org/W2091581626","https://openalex.org/W2094078373","https://openalex.org/W2101320768","https://openalex.org/W2110496721","https://openalex.org/W2144418828","https://openalex.org/W2337260128","https://openalex.org/W2739466845","https://openalex.org/W2787577130","https://openalex.org/W2921322987","https://openalex.org/W4285719527"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2384391922","https://openalex.org/W2996808565","https://openalex.org/W1997953140","https://openalex.org/W2371122778","https://openalex.org/W4245508207","https://openalex.org/W1488652151","https://openalex.org/W3146923836","https://openalex.org/W2026066822","https://openalex.org/W2768758348","https://openalex.org/W1493878171"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"Mapping":[1],"variable":[2,88],"stream":[3],"buffers":[4],"in":[5,9,35,58,75],"a":[6,37,71,85],"vector":[7,21],"environment":[8],"which":[10,36],"buffer":[11,38,47,89],"width":[12],"values":[13],"are":[14,23],"delineated":[15],"often":[16],"yields":[17],"inaccurate":[18],"results.":[19],"Possible":[20],"solutions":[22],"either":[24],"ineffective":[25],"or":[26],"inefficient,":[27],"An":[28],"alternate":[29],"raster":[30],"approach":[31],"is":[32,42,67],"presented":[33],"here":[34],"effectiveness-achievement":[39],"function":[40],"(b-function)":[41],"introduced":[43],"to":[44,84],"map":[45],"desirable":[46],"zones":[48],"at":[49],"an":[50],"individual":[51],"cell":[52],"level":[53],"based":[54],"upon":[55],"areal":[56],"differentiations":[57],"physical":[59],"and":[60,98],"ecological":[61],"conditions.":[62],"The":[63],"implementation":[64],"of":[65,87,108],"b-function":[66],"made":[68,107],"feasible":[69],"by":[70],"GIS":[72],"procedure":[73],"devised":[74],"this":[76],"article.":[77],"This":[78],"tested":[79],"method":[80],"can":[81,104],"be":[82,106],"extended":[83],"variety":[86],"studies,":[90],"such":[91],"as":[92],"visual":[93],"buffers,":[94,96],"noise":[95],"greenways,":[97],"urban":[99],"natural":[100],"buffers.":[101],"\u2018A":[102],"robe":[103],"never":[105],"the":[109],"fur":[110],"from":[111],"one":[112],"fox's":[113],"axillae\u2019":[114],"(A":[115],"Chinese":[116],"idiom).":[117]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}