Digital terrain modelling: A review of hydrological, geomorphological, and biological applications

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 3-30

  Moore, I D ^a   Grayson, R B ^b   Ladson, A R ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin topography; Digital elevation models; Hydrologic models; Terrain analysis

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; TERRAIN ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGY--GEOMORPHOLOGY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; MAPS AND MAPPING;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CATCHMENT TOPOGRAPHY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODELING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; HYDROLOGY; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0026359098     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.3360050103     Document Type: Article

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