Automated extraction of the characteristics of topography from grid digital elevation data

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 562-570

  Lu, Guonian ^a   Qian, Yadong ^a   Chen, Zhongming ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Extraction algorithm; Morphostructure

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032439086     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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