Morphological operators to extract channel networks from digital elevation models

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-29

  Sagar, B S Daya ^a,b   Venu, M ^a   Srinivas, D ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; TERRAIN;

EID: 0034627828     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311600210966     Document Type: Article

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